κηδ-εύω (kedeuo)

Where it lives

Rhesus 2 · 3.72/10k
Orestes 2 · 2.04/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Hecuba 1 · 1.4/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
Against Neaera 1 · 1.1/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k

Densest 12 of 15 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

κηδ-εύω · kēd-euō — LSJ

take charge of, tend

take charge of, tend, S. OT 1323 (lyr.), OC 750; πόλιν Id. Fr. 683.4, E. IT 1212; νύμφην Id. Med. 888; νόσημα Id. Or. 883.

2 attend to, bury

esp. attend to a corpse, bury, ἐν ξένῃσι χερσὶ κηδευθεὶς τάλας S. El. 1141, cf. E. Rh. 983; μʼ ἔθαψε καὶ ἐκήδευσεν IG 14.1860: also in Prose, Plb. 5.10.4, etc.; ταφὴ κηδευθεῖσα ταῖς τῶν ἐναντίων χερσί Demad. 9, cf. Plu. Alex. 56; βασιλέων κηδευομένων Arist. Fr. 519, cf. Wilcken Chr. 499 (ii/iii A.D.); κεκηδευμένος νεκρὸς ἐν μέλιτι J. AJ 14.7.4; εἰς ἣν [σορὸν] οὐδενὶ ἔξεσται ἕτερον πτῶμα κηδεῦσαι CIG 3028.3 (Ephesus), cf. POxy. 1067.6 (iii A.D.).

3

= κηδεμονεύω, in Pass., Cod.Just. 3.10.1.1.

II contract a marriage, ally oneself in marriage, marry, ally oneself with, become the son-in-law of, to be married

contract a marriage, of the bridegroom, ally oneself in marriage, τὸ κηδεῦσαι καθʼ ἑαυτὸν ἀριστεύει μακρῷ A. Pr. 890 (lyr.): c. acc. cogn., κ. λέχος marry, S. Tr. 1227: c. dat. pers., ally oneself with . . , E. Hipp. 634, Fr. 395, D. 59.81, Men. Epit. 427, etc.; κ. ὅτῳ θέλουσιν Arist. Pol. 1307a37; become the son-in-law of, Moer. p.368 P.:—in Pass., to be married, E. Ph. 347 (lyr.).

2 make oneʼs kinsman by marriage, to marry, those who formed the marriage

c. acc. pers., make oneʼs kinsman by marriage, Id. Hec. 1202; also κ. τὴν θυγατέρα τινί to marry her to some one, J. AJ 6.10.2: abs., οἱ κηδεύσαντες those who formed the marriage, E. Med. 367.

In the wild

κηδεῦσαι · kēdeusai Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 887–893
κηδεύειν · kēdeuein Aristotle, Politics 1307a (DIORISIS sentence 1988)
κηδεύσειεν · kēdeuseien Demosthenes, Against Neaera speaker.81 (DIORISIS sentence 187)
κηδεῦσαι · kēdeusai Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3649)
κηδεύοντʼ · kēdeuontʼ Euripides, Electra *au)tourgo/s (DIORISIS sentence 18)
κηδεύσων · kēdeusōn Euripides, Hecuba *(eka/bh (DIORISIS sentence 677)

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Where it came from

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