[1058] καρχαλέοι: asperi. For a different use v. 4. 1442. This adj. is closely connected with κάρχαρος 'sharp,' 'sharp-toothed,' Lyc. 34, Τρίτωνος … κάρχαρος κύων (cf. Il. 10. 360, καρχαρόδοντε … κύνε). Curtius refers both words to the root kar 'to be hard or rough.'
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Argonautica. Apollonius Rhodius. George W. Mooney. London. Longmans, Green. 1912.
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