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|Definition=(A), ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[fruit]], in Hom. and Hes. (only in sg.), usually of the fruits of the [[earth]], [[corn]], <b class="b3">ἀρούρης καρπός</b> Il.6.142; κ. δ' ἔφερε [[ζείδωρος]] ἄρουρα Hes.''Op.''117; καρπὸς Δήμητρος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.193, etc.; Δηοῦς Ar.''Pl.''515; <b class="b3">κ. ἀρούρης</b>, also of wine, Il.3.246; <b class="b3">ἀμπέλινος καρπός</b> [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.212; so κ. alone, Ar. ''Nu.''1119 (codd. and Sch.); but of [[corn]], opp. <b class="b3">Βάκχιον νᾶμα</b>, Id.''Ec.''14; <b class="b3">καρποῦ ξυγκομιδή</b> [[harvest]], Th.3.15; <b class="b3">καρπὸς λωτοῖο, καρπὸς κρανείης</b>, Od.9.94, 10.242; <b class="b3">μελιηδέα κ.</b>, of [[grape]]s, Il.18.568; κ. ἐλαίας Pi.''N.''10.35; <b class="b3">τὸν ἐπέτειον καρπόν</b> the [[crop]]s of the [[year]], Pi.''P.''470b: generally, [[produce]], <b class="b3">καρπὸς ὑγρός</b>, of [[honey]], Porph.''Abst.''2.20; also <b class="b3">καρπὸς εὐανθὴς μήλων</b>, of [[wool]], Opp.''H.''2.22: pl., <b class="b3">καρπῶν ἐστερήθητε διξῶν</b> robbed of two years' [[produce]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 8.142; καρπῶν ἀτελεῖς Id.6.46; <b class="b3">κ. ὑγροὶ καὶ ξηροί</b> [[produce]] of [[tree]]s and [[field]]s, X.''Oec.''5.20; <b class="b3">ξύλινοι, σιτικοὶ καρποί</b>, Str.5.4.2; of [[fruit]]s offered in [[sacrifice]], ''BMus.Inscr.''975.7 (Amathus), cf. [[κάρπωσις]] II; also of [[taxes paid in kind]], opp. [[Χρυσικά]], ''PHib.''1.47.5 (iii B.C.), al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[seed]], X.''Oec.''16.12; defined as [[seed]] with seed-[[vessel]], Thphr.''HP''1.2.1.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of children, <b class="b3">Δῖοι καρποί</b> [[offspring]] of [[Zeus]], E.''Ion''922 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[returns]], [[profits]], οἱ καρποί οἱ ἐκ τῶν ἀγελῶν γενόμενοι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''1.1.2; <b class="b3">τῶν ἀνηλωμένων… τοὺς καρπούς</b> Is.5.29.<br><span class="bld">III</span> of actions, [[fruit]], [[profit]], <b class="b3">εἰ κ. ἔσται θεσφάτοισι Λοξίου</b> if his [[oracle]]s shall [[bear]] [[fruit]], i.e. [[be fulfilled]], A. ''Th.''618; <b class="b3">γλώσσης ματαίας καρπός</b>, i.e. [[curse]]s, Id.''Eu.''831 codd.; ὁμιλίας κακῆς κάκιον οὐδέν, καρπὸς οὐ κομιστέος Id.''Th.''600; [[οὐκ ἐξάγουσι καρπὸν οἱ ψευδεῖς λόγοι]] = [[false speeches do not bear fruit]] S.''Fr.''834, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]''260d: freq. in Pi., <b class="b3">καρπὸς ἐπέων οὐ κατέφθινε</b>, i.e. [[poesy]], ''I.''8(7).50; <b class="b3">καρπὸς φρενῶν</b> [[wisdom]], ''P.''2.74; <b class="b3">καρπὸς φρενός</b>, of his own [[ode]], ''O.''7.8; <b class="b3">ἥβας καρπός</b>, of the [[bloom]] of [[youth]], ib.6.58, ''P.''9.109; later, [[reward]], [[profit]], ἐπιτηδευμάτων Epicur.''Sent.Vat.'' 27; <b class="b3">ὅπου ὁ κίνδυνος μέγας, καὶ ὁ καρπός</b> Diog.Oen.27; καρπὸς νίκης Hdn.8.3.6: freq. in [[NT]], καρπὸς εἰρηνικὸς δικαιοσύνης ''Ep.Hebr.''12.11, etc. (Cf. Lat. [[carpo]], Engl. [[harvest]].) <br /><br />(B), ὁ, [[wrist]], Il.24.671, Od.24.398, Hp.''Fract.''3, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]'' 494a2, etc.; ἐπὶ καρπῷ Χερός E.''Ion''1009; <b class="b3">καρποὶ Χειρῶν</b> ib.891, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''6.4.2. (Perh. cf. ONorse huerfa 'turn round'.)