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ἀκηδής

akedes

uncared for

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Where it lives

Works and Days 2 · 3.47/10k
Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
Odyssey 5 · 0.58/10k
Iliad 3 · 0.27/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

ἀκηδ-ής · akēd-ēs — LSJ

I uncared for, unburied

Pass., uncared for: esp. unburied, ὄφρα μὲν Ἕκτωρ κεῖται ἀ. Il. 24.554; ἢ αὔτως κεῖται ἀ. Od. 20.130; σώμοτʼ ἀκηδέα κεῖται Od. 24.187, cf. 6.26, 19.18. Adv. -ῶς Suid.

II without care, sorrow

Act., without care or sorrow, Il. 24.526, Hes. Th. 489, AP 11.42 (Crin.).

2 careless, heedless, taking no thought for

careless, heedless, τὸν δὲ γυναῖκες ἀκηδέες οὐ κομέουσιν Od. 17.319, cf. Il. 21.123: c. gen., taking no thought for, φίλων S. Fr. 208.10; παίδων Pl. Lg. 913c.

III harm harmless

(κήδω harm harmless, Opp. H. 1.611, 2.648, cf. Epic. ap. Suid.

In the wild

ἀκηδὴς · akēdēs Theogony 488–491
ἀκηδέα · akēdea Theogony 58–62
ἀκηδέα · akēdea Works and Days 112
ἀκηδέα · akēdea Works and Days 170
ἀκηδέες · akēdees Iliad 21.123
ἀκηδέες · akēdees Iliad 24.526

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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