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κηδεμών

Third declension Noun; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κηδεμών κηδεμόνος

Structure: κηδεμων (Stem)

Etym.: khde/w

Sense

  1. one who is in charge
  2. a protector, guardian

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative κηδεμών κηδεμόνε κηδεμόνες
Genitive κηδεμόνος κηδεμόνοιν κηδεμόνων
Dative κηδεμόνι κηδεμόνοιν κηδεμόσιν*
Accusative κηδεμόνα κηδεμόνε κηδεμόνας
Vocative κηδεμών κηδεμόνε κηδεμόνες

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐν οἷσ τισ ἂν φιλόπολισ ἀνὴρ καὶ κηδεμὼν προείλετό τι πρᾶξαι, τοσοῦτον ἐδέησεν ὁ δημαγωγὸσ καὶ χρήσιμοσ αὐτίκα φήσων ὑμῖν γεγενῆσθαι πρᾶξίν τινα προφέρειν, ὥστε καὶ τοὺσ πράττοντασ ὑπὲρ ὑμῶν τι τῆσ αὑτοῦ τύχησ ἀνέπλησεν. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 37:4)
  • χθὲσ οὖν Κλέων ὁ κηδεμὼν ἡμῖν ἐφεῖτ’ ἐν ὡρ́ᾳ ἥκειν ἔχοντασ ἡμερῶν ὀργὴν τριῶν πονηρὰν ἐπ’ αὐτόν, ὡσ κολωμένουσ ὧν ἠδίκησεν. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Parodos, prelude10)
  • εἴθ’ ὤφελέν μοι κηδεμὼν ἢ ξυγγενὴσ εἶναί τισ ὅστισ τοιαῦτ’ ἐνουθέτει. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Choral, strophe2)
  • ὁ πρῶτοσ εὑρὼν μετὰ λυχνούχου περιπατεῖν τῆσ νυκτὸσ ἦν τισ κηδεμὼν τῶν δακτύλων. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 58 1:1)
  • ἐν οἷσ ἅπασι καὶ στρατηγὸσ ἄριστοσ ἐγένετο καὶ σύμβουλοσ συνετώτατοσ καὶ πάντων κηδεμὼν ἀληθέστατοσ. (Flavius Josephus, Contra Apionem, 109:1)

Synonyms

  1. one who is in charge

  2. a protector

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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