Καρύα

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Καρύα, χωρίον τῆς Λακωνικῆς. Θεόπομπος νεʹ. ὁ οἰκήτωρ Καρυάτης καὶ θηλυκὸν Καρυᾶτις καὶ Καρυαῖος καὶ Καρυεύς. καὶ Καρυᾶτις μέλισσα ἀντὶ τοῦ Λακωνική. Καρύα γὰρ αὐτόθι τόπος.

Karya: a village of Laconia. Theopompos. The inhabitant is a 'Karyates', and in the feminine 'Karyatis', also 'Karyaies' and 'Karyeus'. 'Karyatis' also means a bee, instead of 'Laconian'. For Karya is a place there.

Text Details

Entry	#101
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 362.5 · Billerbeck Κ101
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count	26
AI translation	legacy_scholarly v2 · gpt-5.2

Cited Authors

Author	Work / Citation
Θεόπομπος (Theopompus)	FGrHist 115 F 238

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Καρύα	Karyai (Caryae) · place
Λακωνική	Laconia · place
Καρυάτης	Karyates (inhabitant of Karyai) · people
Καρυᾶτις	Karyatis (female inhabitant of Karyai) · people
Καρυαῖος	Karyaîos (Karyaean) · people
Καρυεύς	Karyeus (Karyaean) · people

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Eponym Person	the inhabitant/founder 'Karyates' (i.e. an eponymous person Karyates)
Morphological Composition	and the feminine/demonym forms 'Karyatis' and 'Karya(e)os' and 'Karyeus' — derivational forms from the place-name
Unclear Metalinguistic	For Karya is (a) place there.

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Place links	Karyai \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0287.jpg
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