Caryae, ārum, f., = Καρύαι, a village in Laconia, with a temple of Diana Caryatis (now still Karyes), Liv. 34, 26, 9; 35, 27, 12.

—In sing.: Carya, Vitr. 1, 1, 5.

— Hence, Caryātes, ium, m., the inhabitants of Caryae, Vitr. 1, 1 bis.

— Caryā-tis, idis, f., = Καρυᾶτις. An epithet of Diana, Serv. ad Verg. E. 8, 30.

— Cary-ātides, the maidens of Caryae serving in the temple of Diana, a statue of Praxiteles, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 23.

— In architecture, female figures used instead of columns in buildings, Caryatides, Vitr. 1, 1, 5 (v. the representation of such a Caryatide from the temple of Pallas Polias, at Athens, in O. Muller, Denkm. d. alt. Kunst, 101, and Dict. of Antiq.).

— Caryus, a, um, adj., of Caryae: Diana, Stat. Th. 4, 225.