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κῆδος

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κῆδος κήδεος

Structure: κηδο (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: kh/dw

Sense

  1. care for others
  2. (in the plural) troubles
  3. cares for the dead, mourning
  4. an object of care
  5. connection by marriage

Declension

Third declension

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 μὴ προδῷσ μου τὴν κασιγνήτην ποτέ, ἔρημα κήδη καὶ δόμουσ ὁρῶν πατρόσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, lyric 2:11)
  • ἐγὼ δὲ νύμφασ ἠκροθινιαζόμην, κήδη συνάψουσ’, ἔκ τ’ Ἀθηναίων χθονὸσ Σπάρτησ τε Θηβῶν θ’, ὡσ ἀνημμένοι κάλῳσ πρυμνησίοισι βίον ἔχοιτ’ εὐδαίμονα. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, anapests 1:17)
  • καὶ γὰρ εὐσταλεῖσ ἐποίησε τὰσ ἱερουργίασ καὶ περὶ τὰ πένθη πρᾳοτέρουσ, θυσίασ τινὰσ εὐθὺσ ἀναμίξασ πρὸσ τὰ κήδη, καὶ τὸ σκληρὸν ἀφελὼν καὶ τὸ βαρβαρικὸν ᾧ συνείχοντο πρότερον αἱ πλεῖσται γυναῖκεσ. (Plutarch, , chapter 12 5:1)
  • ἰὼ δύστον’ ἄφερτα κήδη· (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, choral, strophe 112)
  • καὶ εἰσ τὰ κήδη δὲ μάλιστ’ οἰόνται δεῖν τοὺσ συγγενεῖσ ἀπαντᾶν διὰ ταὐτό. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 9 27:1)

Synonyms

  1. troubles

  2. an object of care

  3. connection by marriage

Related

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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