A.fruit, in Hom. and Hes. (only in sg.), usu. of the fruits of the earth, corn, ἀρούρης κ. Il.6.142; “κ. δ᾽ ἔφερε ζείδωρος ἄρουρα” Hes.Op.117; “κ. Δήμητρος” Hdt.1.193, etc.; “Δηοῦς” Ar.Pl.515; κ. ἀρούρης, also of wine, Il.3.246; ἀμπέλινος κ. Hdt.1.212; so κ. alone, Ar. Nu.1119 (codd. and Sch.); but of corn, opp. Βάκχιον νᾶμα, Id.Ec.14; καρποῦ ξυγκομιδή harvest, Th.3.15; κ. λωτοῖο, κρανείης, Od.9.94, 10.242; μελιηδέα κ., of grapes, Il.18.568; “κ. ἐλαίας” Pi.N.10.35; τὸν ἐπέτειον κ. the crops of the year, Pi.P.470b: generally, produce, κ. ὑγρός, of honey, Porph.Abst.2.20; also κ. εὐανθὴς μήλων, of wool, Opp.H.2.22: pl., καρπῶν ἐστερήθητε διξῶν robbed of two years' produce, Hdt. 8.142; “καρπῶν ἀτελεῖς” Id.6.46; κ. ὑγροὶ καὶ ξηροί produce of trees and fields, X.Oec.5.20; ξύλινοι, σιτικοὶ κ., Str.5.4.2; of fruits offered in sacrifice, BMus.Inscr.975.7 (Amathus), cf. “κάρπωσις” 11; also of taxes paid in kind, opp. Χρυσικά, PHib.1.47.5 (iii B.C.), al.
2. seed, X.Oec.16.12; defined as seed with seed-vessel, Thphr.HP1.2.1.
II. returns, profits, “οἱ κ. οἱ ἐκ τῶν ἀγελῶν γενόμενοι” X.Cyr.1.1.2; τῶν ἀνηλωμένων . . τοὺς κ. Is.5.29.
III. of actions, fruit, profit, εἰ κ. ἔσται θεσφάτοισι Λοξίου if his oracles shall bear fruit, i.e. be fulfilled, A. Th.618; γλώσσης ματαίας κ., i. e. curses, Id.Eu.831 codd.; “ὁμιλίας κακῆς κάκιον οὐδέν, κ. οὐ κομιστέος” Id.Th.600; “οὐκ ἐξάγουσι καρπὸν οἱ ψευδεῖς λόγοι” S.Fr.834, cf. Pl.Phdr.260d: freq. in Pi., κ. ἐπέων οὐ κατέφθινε, i. e. poesy, I.8(7).50; κ. φρενῶν wisdom, P.2.74; κ. φρενός, of his own ode, O.7.8; ἥβας κ., of the bloom of youth, ib.6.58, P.9.109; later, reward, profit, “ἐπιτηδευμάτων” Epicur.Sent.Vat. 27; ὅπου ὁ κίνδυνος μέγας, καὶ ὁ κ. Diog.Oen.27; “κ. νίκης” Hdn.8.3.6: freq. in NT, “κ. εἰρηνικὸς δικαιοσύνης” Ep.Hebr.12.11, etc. (Cf. Lat. carpo, Engl. harvest.）
