καρώ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Frisk derives it from κάρη (kárē, “head”); however, the form in -ώ seems Pre-Greek.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

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

  1. caraway (Carum carvi)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κᾰρώ; τῆς κᾰροῦς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κᾰρώ
hē kărṓ 		τὼ κᾰρώ
tṑ kărṓ 		αἱ κᾰροί
hai kăroí
Genitive τῆς κᾰροῦς
tês kăroûs 		τοῖν κᾰροῖν
toîn kăroîn 		τῶν κᾰρῶν
tôn kărôn
Dative τῇ κᾰροῖ
tēî kăroî 		τοῖν κᾰροῖν
toîn kăroîn 		ταῖς κᾰροῖς
taîs kăroîs
Accusative τὴν κᾰρώ
tḕn kărṓ 		τὼ κᾰρώ
tṑ kărṓ 		τᾱ̀ς κᾰρούς
tā̀s kăroús
Vocative κᾰροῖ
kăroî 		κᾰρώ
kărṓ 		κᾰροί
kăroí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

From *καρυΐα (*karuḯa):

  • → Aramaic:
    Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: כרבייא
    Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: כַרְוָיָא (karwāyā)
    Classical Syriac: ܟܲܪܘܵܝܵܐ (karwāyā), ܟܵܪܘܵܝܵܐ (kārwāyā), ܟܲܪܲܘܵܝܵܐ (karawāyā), ܟܵܪܲܘܵܝܵܐ (kārawāyā)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κᾰρώ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 652-3

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