Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κήδιστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κήδιστος κήδιστη κήδιστον

Structure: κηδιστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Sup. formed from kh=dos

Sense

  1. most worthy of our care, most cared for
  2. nearest allied by marriage

Examples

  • ἦ τίσ τοι καὶ πηὸσ ἀπέφθιτο Ἰλιόθι πρὸ ἐσθλὸσ ἐών, γαμβρὸσ ἢ πενθερόσ, οἵ τε μάλιστα κήδιστοι τελέθουσι μεθ’ αἷμά τε καὶ γένοσ αὐτῶν; (Homer, Odyssey, Book 8 73:15)
  • τοῖσι δὲ μύθων ἦρχε Πολίτησ ὄρχαμοσ ἀνδρῶν, ὅσ μοι κήδιστοσ ἑτάρων ἦν κεδνότατόσ τε· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 10 21:9)

Synonyms

  1. nearest allied by marriage

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

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