- κάρφος
- κάρφος, ους, τό (Aeschyl., Hdt. et al.; Gen 8:11) a small piece of straw, chaff, or wood, to denote someth. quite insignificant, speck, splinter, chip (cp. the proverb κινεῖν μηδὲ κ. Aristoph., Lysias 474 and Herodas 1, 54; 3, 67.—Ion of Chios [V B.C.]: 392 Fgm. 6 p. 280, 7 Jac. of a tiny foreign object in a wine cup. Grave ins, Kaibel 980, 9 [ὁ εὐσεβὴς] οὐδὲ κάρφος ἐβλάβη) Mt 7:3ff; Lk 6:41f; Ox 1 verso, 2 (ASyn. 68, 44)=GTh 26.—For lit. s. on δοκός.—DELG s.v. κάρφω. M-M.
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