κάρος

See also: καρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Said to be from κάρα (kára, “head”), as in "to have a heavy head," but Beekes finds this doubtful.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κᾰ́ρος • (kắros) m (genitive κᾰ́ρου); second declension

  1. heavy sleep, torpor; drowsiness
    Synonyms: κῶμᾰ (kômă), νῶκᾰρ (nôkăr)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κᾰ́ρος; τοῦ κᾰ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κᾰ́ρος
ho kắros 		τὼ κᾰ́ρω
tṑ kắrō 		οἱ κᾰ́ροι
hoi kắroi
Genitive τοῦ κᾰ́ρου
toû kắrou 		τοῖν κᾰ́ροιν
toîn kắroin 		τῶν κᾰ́ρων
tôn kắrōn
Dative τῷ κᾰ́ρῳ
tōî kắrōi 		τοῖν κᾰ́ροιν
toîn kắroin 		τοῖς κᾰ́ροις
toîs kắrois
Accusative τὸν κᾰ́ρον
tòn kắron 		τὼ κᾰ́ρω
tṑ kắrō 		τοὺς κᾰ́ρους
toùs kắrous
Vocative κᾰ́ρε
kắre 		κᾰ́ρω
kắrō 		κᾰ́ροι
kắroi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • κᾰροφόρος (kărophóros)
  • κᾰρόω (kăróō, verb)
  • κᾰρώδης (kărṓdēs, adjective)

References

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