Κάρ
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.
Headword (normalized):
κάρ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
καρ
Intro Text:
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.
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n16716
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