- Καρύαι
- Κᾰρύαι [pron. full] [ῠ], ῶν, αἱ, Caryae, a place in Laconia with a famous temple of Artemis, Th.5.55, etc.:—hence [full] Κᾰρῠᾶτις, ιδος, ἡ, μέλισσα (prob. priestess of Artemis) St.Byz.; as Subst. esp.1 Artemis, Paus.3.10.7.2 dance in honour of Artemis, Poll.4.104; cf.
καρυατίζω 2
.II [full] Κᾰρῠάτῐδες, ων, αἱ, priestesses of Artemis at Caryae, Pratin.Lyr.4.2 Archit., female figures used as bearing-shafts, Lync. ap. Ath.6.241e, Vitr.1.1.5.3 a kind of ear-rings, Poll.5.97.
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.