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Κάρ a Carian, Il., etc.; fem. Κάειρα, Il.:—the Carians hired themselves out as mercenaries, and were used to spare the lives of the citizen-soldiers; hence, ἐν τῷ Καρὶ κινδυνεύειν to make the risk, not with oneʼs own person, but with a Carian, Lat. experimentum facere in corpore vili, Eur.

ShortDef

a Carian

a lock of hair (?); worthless

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Headword:

Κάρ

Headword (normalized):

κάρ

Headword (normalized/stripped):

καρ

IDX:

16700

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n16716

Key:

*ka/r

Data

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