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Καρκάδονα · karkadon (κ 392) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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κ388with a Carian muse
κ389Carian sacrifice, Karian sacrifice
κ390Karian woman, Carian woman
κ391Karinos, Carinus
κ392karkadon
κ393I quake, I shake
κ394Karkinos, Carcinus
κ395a crab is catching a hare
κ396Carcinus, Karkinos

Suda/Κ kappa/κ392

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Καρκάδονα

karkadon

Translated by David Whitehead7 Mar 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

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Translation

This is the name of Charon [Author, Myth]'s fee, levied from the obol which is buried along with the dead; not, as some erroneously claim it to be, the name of a plant.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Καρκάδονα· τοῦτο λέγεται Χάροντος δάνειον, συναγόμενον ἐκ τοῦ ὀβολοῦ τοῦ συγκηδευομένου τοῖς τελευτῶσιν· οὐχ ὡς ἔνιοι πλανώμενοι βοτάνης ὄνομά φασιν εἶναι.

Betacode

*karka/dona: tou=to le/getai *xa/rontos da/neion, sunago/menon e)k tou= o)bolou= tou= sugkhdeuome/nou toi=s teleutw=sin: ou)x w(s e)/nioi planw/menoi bota/nhs o)/noma/ fasin ei)=nai.

Notes

The headword -- here in the accusative case, so evidently quoted from somewhere -- is unattested outside lexicography (here and Photius).
For Charon [Author, Myth] see chi 135 (and alpha 1998, chi 140).

Neighbouring entries

κ390Καρίνη γυνήKarian woman, Carian woman κ391ΚαρῖνοςKarinos, Carinus κ392Καρκάδοναkarkadon κ393ΚαρκαίρωI quake, I shake κ394ΚαρκίνοςKarkinos, Carcinus

Revision history3 revisions · last 10 Mar 2008

10 Mar 2008another keyword; raised status — David Whitehead
8 Mar 2006another x-ref — David Whitehead
7 Mar 2006set status — Antonella Ippolito
7 Mar 2006Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Καρκάδονα (Adler number kappa 392), trans. David Whitehead, 7 Mar 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/392

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Antonella Ippolito, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗