καρπός

καρπός (A), ὁ,

A fruit, in Hom. and Hes. (only in sg.), usu. of the fruits of the earth, corn, ἀρούρης κ. Il.6.142;

κ. δ' ἔφερε ζείδωρος ἄρουρα Hes.Op.117

;

κ. Δήμητρος Hdt.1.193

, etc.;

Δηοῦς Ar.Pl.515

; κ. ἀρούρης, also of wine, Il.3.246; ἀμπέλινος κ. Hdt.1.212; so κ. alone, Ar. Nu.1119 (codd. and Sch.); but of corn, opp. Βάκχιον νᾶμα, Id.Ec.14; καρποῦ ξυγκομιδή harvest, Th.3.15; κ. λωτοῖο, κρανείης, Od.9.94, 10.242; μελιηδέα κ., of grapes, Il.18.568;

κ. ἐλαίας Pi.N.10.35

; τὸν ἐπέτειον κ. the crops of the year, Pi.P.470b: generally, produce, κ. ὑγρός, of honey, Porph.Abst.2.20; also κ. εὐανθὴς μήλων, of wool, Opp.H.2.22: pl., καρπῶν ἐστερήθητε διξῶν robbed of two years' produce, Hdt. 8.142;

καρπῶν ἀτελεῖς Id.6.46

; κ. ὑγροὶ καὶ ξηροί produce of trees and fields, X.Oec.5.20; ξύλινοι, σιτικοὶ κ., Str.5.4.2; of fruits offered in sacrifice, BMus.Inscr.975.7 ([place name] Amathus), cf.

κάρπωσις 11

; also of taxes paid in kind, opp. Χρυσικά, PHib.1.47.5 (iii B.C.), al.

2 seed, X.Oec.16.12; defined as seed with seed-vessel, Thphr.HP1.2.1.

3 of children, Δῖοι κ. offspring of Zeus, E.Ion922 (lyr.).

II returns, profits,

οἱ κ. οἱ ἐκ τῶν ἀγελῶν γενόμενοι X.Cyr.1.1.2

; τῶν ἀνηλωμένων . . τοὺς κ. Is.5.29.

III of actions, fruit, profit, εἰ κ. ἔσται θεσφάτοισι Λοξίου if his oracles shall bear fruit, i.e. be fulfilled, A. Th.618; γλώσσης ματαίας κ., i. e. curses, Id.Eu.831 codd.;

ὁμιλίας κακῆς κάκιον οὐδέν, κ. οὐ κομιστέος Id.Th.600

;

οὐκ ἐξάγουσι καρπὸν οἱ ψευδεῖς λόγοι S.Fr.834

, cf. Pl.Phdr.260d: freq. in Pi., κ. ἐπέων οὐ κατέφθινε, i. e. poesy, I.8(7).50; κ. φρενῶν wisdom, P.2.74; κ. φρενός, of his own ode, O.7.8; ἥβας κ., of the bloom of youth, ib.6.58, P.9.109; later, reward, profit,

ἐπιτηδευμάτων Epicur.Sent.Vat. 27

; ὅπου ὁ κίνδυνος μέγας, καὶ ὁ κ. Diog.Oen.27;

κ. νίκης Hdn.8.3.6

: freq. in NT,

κ. εἰρηνικὸς δικαιοσύνης Ep.Hebr.12.11

, etc. (Cf. Lat. carpo, Engl. harvest.)

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καρπός (B), ὁ,

A wrist, Il.24.671, Od.24.398, Hp.Fract.3, Arist.HA 494a2, etc.;

ἐπὶ καρπῷ Χερός E.Ion1009

; καρποὶ Χειρῶν ib.891, cf. X. Cyr.6.4.2. (Perh. cf. ONorse huerfa 'turn round'.)