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κάρκαρον
καρκινάς
καρκινευτής
καρκίνηθρον
καρκινίας
καρκίνιον
καρκινοβάτης
καρκινοβήτης
καρκινοειδής
καρκινόπους
καρκίνος
καρκινόχειρες
καρκινόω
καρκινώδης
καρκίνωθρον
καρκίνωμα
καρκίνωσις
Καρκώ
κάρμα
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καρκίνος
καρκίνος [ῐ], , heterocl. pl. καρκίνα (v. sub. fin.: on the accent v. Hdn.Gr. 2.926 ):—
A). crab, Epich. 53 , Hellanic. 103 J., S. Ichn. 298 , Ar. Eq. 608 , Pl. Euthd. 297c , Batr. 299 ; κ. ποδήνεμοι Crates Com. 29.3 : various species distinguished, Arist. HA 525a34 , cf. 601a17 , al.: prov., οὔποτε ποιήσεις τὸν καρκίνον ὀρθὰ βαδίζειν Ar. Pax 1083 ; εἴς μ’ ὁρεῦσα καρκίνου μέζον 'with saucer-eyes', Herod. 4.44 .
II). Cancer, as a sign in the zodiac, Eudox. ap. Hipparch. 1.2.18 , Euc. Phaen. p.10 M., Arat. 147 , etc.
III). eating sore or ulcer, cancer, = καρκίνωμα , Hp. Aph. 6.38 , D. 25.95 , Gal. 10.83 .
IV). from like ness of shape to crab's claws,
1). pair of pincers, Aen.Tact. 20.3 , 32.5 , IG 11(2).165.11 (Delos, iii B.C.), AP 6.92 ( Phil.), Ath. 10.456d ; κ. σιδηροῦς POxy. 521.14 (ii A.D.); used as an instrument of torture, D.S. 20.71 : in Surgery, forceps, κ. ἰατρικός IG 22.47.16 : metaph., λήψεται τὸν τράχηλον ἐντόνως ὁ κ. E. Cyc. 609 .
2). = ζυγώματα , bones of the temples, Poll. 2.85 .
3). a kind of shoe, Pherecr. 178 .
4). a kind of bandage, Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.54 tit., Gal. 18(1).777 .
5). pair of compasses, Ph. Bel. 55.25 , Ph. 2.192 , Gal. Opt.Doctr. 3 , S.E. M. 10.54 : heterocl. pl., καρκίνα σπειροῦχα AP 6.295.5 ( Phan.).
6). still, implied in καρκινοειδής 11 (q. v.).
V). pr. n. of Attic tragedian, hence prov., Καρκίνου ποιήματα, = τὰ αἰνιγματώδη , Men. 525 ; Megarian pr. n. Κερκίνος SIG 201.12 (iv B.C.). (Cf. Lat. cancer, Skt. karka[tnull ]as 'crab'.)


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a crab

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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">καρκίνος</span> <span class="pron greek">[ῐ]</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, heterocl. pl. <span class="foreign greek">καρκίνα</span> (v. sub. fin.: on the accent v. Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl"> 2.926 </span>):—<div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">crab</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:53" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:53/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epich.</span> 53 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0539.tlg001:103" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0539.tlg001:103/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hellanic.</span> 103 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span></span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ichn.</span> 298 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:608" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:608/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 608 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:297c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg021:297c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthd.</span> 297c </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1220.tlg001:299" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1220.tlg001:299/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Batr.</span> 299 </a>; <span class="quote greek">κ. ποδήνεμοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0433.tlg001:29:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0433.tlg001:29.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Crates Com.</span> 29.3 </a> : various species distinguished, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:525a:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:525a.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 525a34 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:601a:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:601a.17/canonical-url/"> 601a17 </a>, al.: prov., <span class="quote greek">οὔποτε ποιήσεις τὸν καρκίνον ὀρθὰ βαδίζειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1083" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:1083/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 1083 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">εἴς μ’ ὁρεῦσα καρκίνου μέζον</span> \'with saucer-eyes\', <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:4:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:4.44/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 4.44 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cancer</span>, as a sign in the zodiac, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eudox.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:1:2:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1431.tlg001:1:2:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hipparch.</span> 1.2.18 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg012:p.10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1799.tlg012:p.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Euc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phaen.</span> p.10 </a> M., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:147" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0653.tlg001.perseus-grc1:147/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arat.</span> 147 </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">eating sore</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ulcer, cancer</span>, = <span class="ref greek">καρκίνωμα</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:6:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg012.perseus-grc1:6.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hp.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Aph.</span> 6.38 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg025.perseus-grc1:95" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg025.perseus-grc1:95/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 25.95 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 10.83 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> from like ness of shape to crab\'s claws, </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pair of pincers</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:20.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aen.Tact.</span> 20.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:32:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:32.5/canonical-url/"> 32.5 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 11(2).165.11 </span> (Delos, iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 6.92 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phil.</span></span>), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:456d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0008.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10.456d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ath.</span> 10.456d </a>; <span class="quote greek">κ. σιδηροῦς</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 521.14 </span> (ii A.D.); used as an instrument of torture, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:20:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:20.71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 20.71 </a>: in Surgery, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">forceps</span>, <span class="quote greek">κ. ἰατρικός</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.47.16 </span> : metaph., <span class="foreign greek">λήψεται τὸν τράχηλον ἐντόνως ὁ κ</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:609" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg001.perseus-grc1:609/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyc.</span> 609 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> = <span class="ref greek">ζυγώματα</span> , bones of the temples, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2:85" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0542.tlg001:2.85/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Poll.</span> 2.85 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> a kind of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">shoe</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:178" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0486.tlg001:178/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pherecr.</span> 178 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> a kind of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bandage</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Heliod.</span> </span> ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:48:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0722.tlg001:48.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Orib.</span> 48.54 </a> tit., <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 18(1).777 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pair of compasses</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1599.tlg001:55:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1599.tlg001:55.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Bel.</span> 55.25 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2:192" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2.192/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> 2.192 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0057.tlg002:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0057.tlg002:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Opt.Doctr.</span> 3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:10:54" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:10.54/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">M.</span> 10.54 </a>: heterocl. pl., <span class="quote greek">καρκίνα σπειροῦχα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 6.295.5 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phan.</span></span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>6).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">still</span>, implied in <span class="quote greek">καρκινοειδής</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1582.tlg001:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1582.tlg001:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a> (q. v.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>V).</strong></span> pr. n. of Attic tragedian, hence prov., <span class="foreign greek">Καρκίνου ποιήματα,</span> = <span class="ref greek">τὰ αἰνιγματώδη</span> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:525" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:525/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 525 </a>; Megarian pr. n. <span class="orth greek">Κερκίνος</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 201.12 </span> (iv B.C.). (Cf. Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">cancer</span>, Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">karka[tnull ]as</span> \'crab\'.)</div> </div><br><br>'}