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κάρα
κάρα poet. for κεφαλή the head, Il., etc. the head or top of anything, as of a mountain, Hes.; the edge or brim of a cup, Soph. in Attic Poets, it is used like κεφαλή, periphr. for a person, Οἰδίπου κάρα, i. e. Οἰδίπους, Soph.; ὦ κασίγνητον κ., for ὦ κασίγνητε, Soph., etc.

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the head
tame goat

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κάρα poet. for κεφαλή the head, Il., etc. the head or top of anything, as of a mountain, Hes.; the edge or brim of a cup, Soph. in Attic Poets, it is used like κεφαλή, periphr. for a person, Οἰδίπου κάρα, i. e. Οἰδίπους, Soph.; ὦ κασίγνητον κ., for ὦ κασίγνητε, Soph., etc.
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16676
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n16692
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ka/ra1

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