Idiomatic expressions

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τίω δέ μιν ἐν καρὸς αἴσῃ

(Hom. Il. 9.378)

("I value it at a hair's worth.")

τίω: "I value" (also "to honor" someone), verb 1st sg pres ind act attic epic

καρὸς: "louse" (GEN, gen. of price), from κάρ. Another word for louse was φθείρ.

ἐν: particle followed by genitive

μιν: "him, her, it", onic acc. sg. of the pron. of the 3rd pers.

αἴσῃ: "in the measure of", DAT of αἶσα, homeric word for "measure" or "share, portion" in a thing.

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