Καρήατος
head's, of a head
Translated by Richard Hamilton20 Mar 2008Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[karh/atos means the same as] th=s kefalh=s .
Greek original · Adler’s text
Καρήατος· τῆς κεφαλῆς.
Betacode
*karh/atos: th=s kefalh=s.
Notes
- The headword is a lengthened form of the genitive singular of
ka/rh , an epic word for "head" (see LSJ s.v.ka/ra , A). We find virtually the same gloss in one of the scholia to Nicander, Alexipharmaca 133:karh/atos: kefalh=s . Before the Hellenistic poets,karh/atos occurs only once (Homer, Iliad 23.44: web address 1) but thereafter quite often as an epic intertext (e.g. Theocritus, Apollonius Rhodius, Nonnus).