Jastrow: כְּרָךְ

כְּרָךְ c. (v. כְּרַךְ 2) fortified place, in gen. city, capital. Meg. 3ᵇ כ׳ שישב ולבסוף הוקף a place which was first settled and then fortified. Ḥag. 13ᵇ בן כ׳ an inhabitant of a city, a refined person, opp. בן כפר. Succ. 51ᵇ he who has not seen Jerusalem in her glory, לא ראה כ׳ וכ׳ has never seen a beautiful city; a. fr.—כ׳ גדול (של רומי) Rome. Snh. 21ᵇ כ׳ ג׳ שברומי ed. (Ms. של ר׳); Sabb. 56ᵇ. Pes. 118ᵇ בכ׳ ג׳ ed. (Ms. M. של רומי). Yalk. Num. 759 לדחוף את שרה של כ׳ ג׳ וכ׳ to drive out the genius of Rome &c.; Pesik. R. s. 14 (corr. acc.); Pesik. Par., p. 41ᵃ (corr. acc.); a. fr.—Pl. כְּרַכִּים, כְּרַכִּין. Erub. 21ᵇ judge me not כיושבי כ׳ like the dwellers in large cities (where there are many vices). Meg. I, 1. Keth. 110ᵇ ישיבת כ׳ קשה living in large cities is a hardship. Sifré Deut. 52 Remus and Romulus arose ובנו ב׳ כ׳ ברומי and built two forts in Rome (Cant. R. to I, 6; Y. Ab. Zar. I, 39ᶜ צריפים); a. fr.—כְּרַכֵּי הים sea-towns, mercantile ports (Tyre &c.). R. Hash. 26ᵃ. Cant. R. to I, 4; a. fr.—[Ruth. R. to II, 4 בין הכרכים, read: באַרְכִיָים, v. אַרְכִי I.]—כְּרַךְ Fort …, v. respective determinants.