καρτερός, ά, όν,
(κάρτος) ={κρατερός} (which see), strong, staunch, φάλαγγες [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.592; καὶ εἰ μάλα κ. ἐστιν [Hector] 13.316 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ἡρακλῆς ὁ κ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 464 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, κ. ἐστι μάχῃ ἔνι φῶτας ἐναίρειν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.483; πολέμῳ ἔνι κ. ἐσσι 9.53; Ζεὺς Τυφῶ -ώτερος μάχῃ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 517 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; τὰ καρτερώτατα the strongest, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 669. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 with genitive, possessed of, in control of, master of, Ἀσίης [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 26; οὐκέτι τῆς αὑτοῦ γλώσσης κ. οὔτε νόου 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 480; ἁμῶν 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.94; παθῶν 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.8; γῆς καὶ οἰκίων “SIG” 45.28 (Halic., 5th c.BC); Θηβαίων 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - FHG” 91 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 7th c.BC+]
__3 ={καρτερικός}, steadfast, patient, πρὸς πάντα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.25 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; obstinate, -ώτατος ἀνθρώπων πρὸς τὸ ἀπιστεῖν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 77a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. πρὸς τὸ λέγειν mighty in disputation, [[ [prev. author] “Tht.” 169b. ] Refs]
__4 of things, mighty, potent, ὅρκος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.108 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. ἔργα deeds of might, [[ 5.872 ] Refs]; κ. ἕλκος severe, [[ 16.517 ] Refs]; κ. μάχη strongly contested, sharp, severe, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.76, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.43; ναυμαχίη 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.12; ἀγών 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.27.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀλαλά, μέριμναι, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 7(6).10, 8(7).13; λίθος [prev. author] “O.” 1.58, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1044; κτύπος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 923; -ώτατον βέλος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 1.112 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ κ. force, violence, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 612 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; but τόλμης εἶμι πρὸς τὸ κ. the utmost verge of.., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 394 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τὸ κ. in adverb sense, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.212, 3.65, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 622, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τὸ κ. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 214: _absolutely_, τὸ κ. 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.41. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]