καρπαία

A. mimic dance of the Thessalians, in which a peasant scuffles with a cattle-stealer, τὴν καρπαίαν . . ἐν τοῖς ὅπλοις ὀρχεῖσθα X. An. 6.1.7, cf. Ath. 1.15f:—also κάρπεα, ἡ, Maced., acc. to Hsch.