καρώ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κάρον (káron)

Etymology

Frisk derives it from κάρη (kárē, “head”); however, the form in -ώ seems Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.rɔ̌ː/ → /kaˈro/ → /kaˈro/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.rɔ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈro/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈro/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈro/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈro/

Proper noun

κᾰρώ • (karṓ) f (genitive κᾰροῦς); third declension

1. caraway (Carum carvi)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κᾰρώ; τῆς κᾰροῦς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ κᾰρώ hē karṓ
Genitive	τῆς κᾰροῦς tês karoûs
Dative	τῇ κᾰροῖ têi karoî
Accusative	τὴν κᾰρώ tḕn karṓ
Vocative	κᾰροῖ karoî
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• καρωτόν (karōtón)

Descendants

From *καρυΐα (*karuḯa):

• → Aramaic:

  Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: כרבייא

  Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: כַרְוָיָא (karwāyā)

  Classical Syriac: ܟܲܪܘܵܝܵܐ (karwāyā), ܟܵܪܘܵܝܵܐ (kārwāyā), ܟܲܪܲܘܵܝܵܐ (karawāyā), ܟܵܪܲܘܵܝܵܐ (kārawāyā)

  • → Arabic: كَرَاوِيَّا (karāwiyyā) (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “καρώ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• καρώ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette