κῆδος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κᾶδος (kâdos) — Doric
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *kā́dos, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂dos, from *keh₂d-. Cognate with Old English hete (English hate).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kɛ̂ː.dos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈke̝.dos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈci.ðos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈci.ðos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.ðos/
Noun
κῆδος • (kêdos) n (genitive κήδους or κήδεος); third declension
- care for others
- (in the plural) troubles
- cares for the dead, mourning
- an object of care
- connection by marriage
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κῆδος tò kêdos |
τὼ κήδει tṑ kḗdei |
τᾰ̀ κήδη tằ kḗdē | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κήδους toû kḗdous |
τοῖν κηδοῖν toîn kēdoîn |
τῶν κηδῶν tôn kēdôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κήδει tōî kḗdei |
τοῖν κηδοῖν toîn kēdoîn |
τοῖς κήδεσῐ / κήδεσῐν toîs kḗdesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κῆδος tò kêdos |
τὼ κήδει tṑ kḗdei |
τᾰ̀ κήδη tằ kḗdē | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κῆδος kêdos |
κήδει kḗdei |
κήδη kḗdē | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | κῆδος kêdos |
κήδει / κήδεε kḗdei / kḗdee |
κήδεᾰ kḗdeă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | κήδεος / κήδευς kḗdeos / kḗdeus |
κηδέοιν kēdéoin |
κηδέων kēdéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | κήδει / κήδεῐ̈ kḗdei / kḗdeĭ̈ |
κηδέοιν kēdéoin |
κήδεσῐ / κήδεσῐν kḗdesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | κῆδος kêdos |
κήδει / κήδεε kḗdei / kḗdee |
κήδεᾰ kḗdeă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κῆδος kêdos |
κήδει / κήδεε kḗdei / kḗdee |
κήδεᾰ kḗdeă | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κῆδος tò kêdos |
τὼ κήδει / κήδεε tṑ kḗdei / kḗdee |
τᾰ̀ κήδεᾰ tằ kḗdeă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κήδεος / κήδευς toû kḗdeos / kḗdeus |
τοῖν κηδέοιν toîn kēdéoin |
τῶν κηδέων tôn kēdéōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κήδει / κήδεῐ̈ tōî kḗdei / kḗdeĭ̈ |
τοῖν κηδέοιν toîn kēdéoin |
τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν κήδεσῐ / κήδεσῐν toîsĭ(n) kḗdesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κῆδος tò kêdos |
τὼ κήδει / κήδεε tṑ kḗdei / kḗdee |
τᾰ̀ κήδεᾰ tằ kḗdeă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κῆδος kêdos |
κήδει / κήδεε kḗdei / kḗdee |
κήδεᾰ kḗdeă | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
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Derived terms
- ἀκήδεια (akḗdeia)
- Δημοκήδης (Dēmokḗdēs)
- κηδεύω (kēdeúō)
- ἀποκηδής (apokēdḗs)
References
- “κῆδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κῆδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κῆδος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κῆδος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κῆδος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN