κάρα

See also: καρά

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

  • From Proto-Hellenic *kárahə, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥h₂-(e)s-n- (top of the head/skull), from the root *ḱerh₂- (head, horn, top).[1]

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    κᾰ́ρᾱ • (kắrān (genitive κᾰ́ρᾱτος); third declension

    1. head, face
    2. the head or top of anything, as of a mountain
    3. person

    Usage notes

    Later authors have dative κάρᾳ (kárāi), accusative κάρᾱν (kárān).

    Inflection

    Descendants

    • Vulgar Latin: cara (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κάρᾱ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 641

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