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
Nominative ἡ κᾰρώ
hē kărṓ
Genitive τῆς κᾰροῦς
tês kăroûs
Dative τῇ κᾰροῖ
tēî kăroî
Accusative τὴν κᾰρώ
tḕn kărṓ
Vocative κᾰροῖ
kăroî
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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