- καρπός 2
- καρπός 2.Grammatical information: m.Meaning: `root of the hand' (Il.).Compounds: As 1. member in καρπό-δεσμον, -δεσμος, -δέσμιον `bracelet' (pap., Luc.), hypostasis ὑπο-κάρπιος `under the hand-root' (Aristaenet.)Derivatives: καρπωτός `reaching to the h.' (LXX); καρπίζομαι `be taken at the h.', a. o. as sign of manumission, ἐπὶ ἐλευθερίᾳ = `adseror in libertatem' (gloss.), with καρπιστής `emancipator' (Arr.), καρπισμός, -ιστία `vindiciae' (gloss.).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Schrader and Solmsen (s. on καρπάλιμος) connect a Germanic verb for `turn etc.', e. g. Goth. ƕaírban, OHG hwerban, hwerfan `turn oneself, werben'. So the basis would be *κϜαρπός from IE. *ku̯r̥p-; on the phonetics Schwyzer 302. - Doubtful further connections in Pok. 631. The root has no certain connections outside Germanic. Michler assumes that it is the same word as καρπός `fruit' (Hermes 94 (1966) 314-319 [the article is too difficult for me]; see the remarks in Frisk III s.v.Page in Frisk: 1,793
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