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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> [[bear fruit]] or [[bear as fruit]], metaph., [[ὕβρις]] γὰρ ἐξανθοῦσ' ἐκάρπωσε στάχυν ἄτης [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[The Persians|Pers.]]''821:—Pass., τὰ πλεῖστα τῶν ῥιζοφύτων καρπωθέντα Ocell.1.13.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[offer by way of sacrifice]], [[LXX]] ''Le.''2.11; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τοῦ βωμοῦ</b>, of burnt-offerings, ''SIG''1025.33 (Cos, iv/iii B. C.):—so in Pass., ib.997.9 (Smyrna), cf. [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[take as fruit]] or [[take as produce]], [[LXX]] ''De.''26.14:—elsewhere in Med., [[καρπόομαι]] = [[get fruit for oneself]], i.e.,<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[reap crops from]], c. acc. rei, ([[ἀρούρας]]) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.168; Χθόνα [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''851, ''Supp.''253; <b class="b3">δὶς τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ τὴν γῆν καρποῦσθαι</b> to [[crop]] the [[land]] [[twice]] a [[year]], Pl.''Criti.''118e: metaph., βαθεῖαν ἄλοκα διὰ φρενὸς καρπούμενος A.''Th.''593: hence, [[exhaust]], [[drain]], [[exploit]], καρπουμένῳ τὴν Ἑλλάδα Ar.''V.''520, cf. Isoc.4.133,166; οὐσίας D.19.249.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[enjoy the usufruct]] or [[enjoy the interest]] of [[money]], ἔδωκεν ἑβδομήκοντα μνᾶς καρπώσασθαι Id.27.5; <b class="b3">τοὺς λιμένας καὶ τὰς ἀγορὰς καρποῦσθαι</b> to [[derive profits from]]…, Id.1.22; ἔθνη X.''HG''6.1.12; ἰδία κ. τὰς τῆς πόλεως συμφοράς Lys.25.25; ([[πλεονεξία]]ν) D.23.126: in pf. Pass., <b class="b3">τὸ ἐργαστήριον κεκαρπωμένος</b> [[having enjoyed the profits]] of the [[shop]], Id.27.47: abs., [[make profit]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''837.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[enjoy the free use of]], τὰ αὐτοῦ ἀγαθὰ γιγνόμενα Th.2.38; <b class="b3">τὴν τῶν πολεμίων</b> ([[χώρα]]ν), <b class="b3">τὰς τῶν θεῶν τιμάς</b>, X. ''Ages.''1.34; <b class="b3">τὴν οἰκείαν ἀδεῶς κ.</b> D.1.25, cf. 28.<br><span class="bld">4</span> simply, [[enjoy]], [[ἄελπτος|ἄελπτον]] [[ὄμμα]]… φήμης S.''Tr.''204; τἀμὰ… λέχη E.''Andr.''935; [[ἐλευθερία]]ν Th.7.68; τὴν [[σοφία]]ν Pl.''Euthd.''305e; [[ἡδονή|ἡδονὴν]] ταύτην Id.''[[Phaedrus|Phdr.]]'' 252a, cf. 240a, etc.; [[ἀσφάλεια|ἀσφάλειαν]] καὶ [[εὔκλεια|εὔκλειαν]] [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.2.22; τὴν [[δόξα]]ν τινός D.20.69; τὴν [[ἡλικία]]ν Id.59.19; δωρεάς Plu.''Them.''31: in bad sense, ἰδίας [[καρποῦσθαι]] [[λύπη|λύπας]] = [[enjoy sorrows]] Hp.''Flat.''1; φρενῶν τὴν [[ἁμαρτία]]ν A.''Ag.'' 502; <b class="b3">τὰ ψευδῆ καλά</b> ib.621; [[πένθος|πένθη]] E.''Hipp.''1427; ἄπαιδα κ. [[βίος|βίον]] Id.''Fr.''571.3; τὰ μέγιστα ὀνείδη [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 183a; [[λοιδορία]]ς Phld.''Vit.'' p.34J.