κάρῠον [ᾰ], τό,
any kind of nut, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 58, “Pl.” 1056, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 9.21 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κάρυα, ={ἀκρόδρυα}, [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 2.52a (but τὰ κ. ἢ.. τὰ ἀκρόδρυα 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 11.4)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. πλατέα, i.e. filberts, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.4.29 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of walnuts, [[ Batrachomyomachia 31, 5th c.BC: Epicharmus Comicus 150, 5th c.BC: Philyllius Comicus 25, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 6.609] Refs 5th c.BC+]; but this is properly κ. βασιλικόν, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 4.2.1, 2nd c.BC: Agatharchides Geographus 96, “PCair.Zen.” 13.6 (3rd c.BC), 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.125; or Περσικόν [prev. passage]; κ. Εὐβοϊκόν] Refs 4th c.BC+] sweet chestnut, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.11.3, 4.5.4 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also κασταναϊκόν[[ [prev. work] 4.8.11, 2nd c.BC: Agatharchides Geographus 43 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; κ. Ἡρακλεωτικόν filbert, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Causis Plantarum” 4.2.1, “IG” 22.1013.19; also κ. Ποντικόν “PCair.Zen.” 12.48 (3rd c.BC), 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 1.125, 2nd c.AD: Rufus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 8.47.20 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. πικρά almonds, [[ 2nd c.AD: Archigenes Medicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.409, 1st c.AD: Erotianus Grammaticus see {νίωπον}] Refs 1st c.AD+]; so κ. alone, [[ LXX.Num.17.8, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.162. ] LXX+1st c.AD+]
__2 nut-shaped boss as ornament, [[ “OGI” 214.49 (Branchidae, 3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]