κάρος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Said to be from κάρα (kára, “head”), as in "to have a heavy head," but Beekes finds this doubtful.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κᾰ́ρος • (káros) m (genitive κᾰ́ρου); second declension

  1. heavy sleep, torpor; drowsiness
    Synonyms: κῶμᾰ (kôma), νῶκᾰρ (nôkar)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κᾰ́ρος; τοῦ κᾰ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κᾰ́ρος
ho káros 		τὼ κᾰ́ρω
tṑ kárō 		οἱ κᾰ́ροι
hoi károi
Genitive τοῦ κᾰ́ρου
toû károu 		τοῖν κᾰ́ροιν
toîn károin 		τῶν κᾰ́ρων
tôn kárōn
Dative τῷ κᾰ́ρῳ
tôi kárōi 		τοῖν κᾰ́ροιν
toîn károin 		τοῖς κᾰ́ροις
toîs károis
Accusative τὸν κᾰ́ρον
tòn káron 		τὼ κᾰ́ρω
tṑ kárō 		τοὺς κᾰ́ρους
toùs károus
Vocative κᾰ́ρε
káre 		κᾰ́ρω
kárō 		κᾰ́ροι
károi
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Derived terms

References

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