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κῆρ

Third declension Noun; Neuter 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κῆρ κῆρος

Structure: κηρ (Stem)

Etym.: contr. from ke/ar, as h)=r from e)/ar

Sense

  1. heart
  2. The seat of the will
  3. The seat of the passions

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

  • τοὺσ γὰρ δοιοὺσ πίθουσ, ὦ φίλε, οὓσ Ὅμηροσ ἔφη κηρῶν ἐμπλείουσ ἐν οὐρανῷ κεῖσθαι, τὸν μὲν ἀγαθῶν τὸν δὲ φαύλων, οὐχ ὁ Ζεὺσ ταμιεύων κάθηται, καὶ μεθιεὶσ τοῖσ μὲν ἤπια καὶ μεμιγμένα τοῖσ δ’ ἄκρατα ῥεύματα τῶν κακῶν· (Plutarch, De exilio, section 4 5:1)
  • σχέτλιοσ, ὃσ τόξοισιν, ἅ οἱ πόρεν αὐτὸσ Ἀπόλλων ἠέ τινοσ Κηρῶν ἢ Ἐριννύοσ αἰνὰ βέλεμνα, παῖδασ ἑοὺσ κατέπεφνε καὶ ἐκ φίλον εἵλετο θυμὸν μαινόμενοσ κατὰ οἶκον, ὁ δ’ ἔμπλεοσ ἔσκε φόνοιο. (Theocritus, Idylls, 8)
  • Θρήικασ αἰνείτω τισ, ὅτι στοναχεῦσι μὲν υἱᾶσ μητέροσ ἐκ κόλπων πρὸσ φάοσ ἐρχομένουσ, ἔμπαλι δ’ ὀλβίζουσιν ὅσουσ αἰῶνα λιπόντασ ἀπροϊδὴσ Κηρῶν λάτρισ ἔμαρψε Μόροσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 1111)
  • ἦ παναλάστωρ κηρῶν οὐδ’ ὑγρῷ παύεται ἐν πελάγει. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 269 1:2)
  • Σμήνεοσ ἔκ με ταμὼν γλυκερὸν θέροσ ἀντὶ νομαίων γηραιὸσ Κλείτων σπεῖσε μελισσοπόνοσ, ἀμβροσίων ἐάροσ κηρῶν μέλι πολλὸν ἀμέλξασ, δῶρον ἀποιμάντου τηλεπέτευσ ἀγέλησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2391)

Synonyms

  1. heart

  2. The seat of the will

  3. The seat of the passions

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