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κεδνός

kednos

careful, trusty, cared for, noble, cherished, dear

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Where it lives

Seven Against Thebes 4 · 7.95/10k
Persians 4 · 7.86/10k
Libation Bearers 3 · 5.58/10k
Agamemnon 4 · 4.93/10k
Theogony 3 · 4.36/10k
Works and Days 2 · 3.47/10k
Ion 2 · 2.19/10k
Suppliant Maidens 1 · 2.07/10k
Rhesus 1 · 1.86/10k
Economics 1 · 1.61/10k
Odyssey 13 · 1.5/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. κεδνός · kednos — Beekes

κεδνός [adj.] ‘careful, trusty, cared for, noble, cherished, dear’ (IL). «τεῦ *keh,d-no- ‘cared for’> *DER κεδνοσύνη (IG 3, 1370; metrical inscr., imperial times; cf. Wyss 1954: 64). *ETYM A connection with κήδομαι, Dor. κᾶδος, epic κεκᾶδών < *k(e)h.d- has been considered impossible because of the -e-, but De Lambererie 1996 tries to revive this proposal in the light of Lubotsky’s Law for Indo-Iranian: loss of a … — [Beekes, s.v. κεδνός, p. 710]

2. κεδνός · kednos — Chantraine

κεδνός : « soigneux, sérieux, sage » d'où dans un sens vague «bon, excellent»; dans un emploi passif «cher, aimé », etc., enfin, dit de pensées, etc., notamment dans la formule de l’Od. κεδνὰ ἰδυῖα ; mot attesté chez Hom. (surtout Od.), Pi., trag. Vieux terme qui n'a fourni qu’un dérivé : κεδνοσύνη « mérite, bonté», etc. (16 1153 1370, inscr. en vers de l’époque impériale). — [Chantraine, s.v. κεδνός, p. 522]

3. κεδνός · kednos — Frisk

κεδνός “sorgfältig, der Sorge wert, achtbar, wert, lieb’ (ep. seit Il.); davon xeövooden (16 3,1370; Versiuschr., Kaiserzeit; vgl. Wyss -ovvn 64). — Nicht überzeugend erklärt. Die sonst naheliegende Zusammenstellung mit κήδομαι, dor. xäöos, ep. | κεκαδών (Curtius, Bartholomae BB 17,109 A.; vgl. auch | Seiler Steigerungsformen 83) ist wegen des e-Vokals schwierig zu begründen. Nach Schulze GGA 1896, 235 (Kl. Schr. … — [Frisk, s.v. κεδνός, p. 840]

4. κεδνός · kednos — LSJ

careful, diligent, trusty, noble

careful, diligent, trusty, ἄναξ Od. 14.170, etc.; ἀμφίπολος 1.335; πολῖται Pi. P. 4.117; οἰακοστρόφος A. Th. 62, E. Med. 523; στρατόμαντις A. Ag. 122 (lyr.); γυνή E. Alc. 97 (lyr.): generally, noble, Φοίνικος κόρα B. 16.29; παρθένος Pi. P. 9.122.

2 cared for, cherished, dear

Pass., cared for, cherished, dear, οἵ οἱ κεδνότατοι (v.l. κήδι στοι) καὶ φίλτατοι ἦσαν Il. 9.586; ὅς μοι κήδιστος . . , κεδνότατός τε Od. 10.225; τοκῆες Il. 17.28, cf. Pi. I. 1.5; μήτηρ Hes. Th. 169, Pi. Pae. 6.12, 105; ἀδελφεοί B. 5.118; [ἄλοχος] Id. 3.33; λέχος E. Fr. 591.

II true, valued, prized, wise, good, joyful

of things, Hom. only in neut.pl., κεδνὰ ἰδυῖα true-hearted, Od. 1.428, 19.346, al.; ἤθεα κ. Hes. Op. 699; πολίων κυβερνάσιες Pi. P. 10.72; κ. χάρις valued, prized, Id. O. 8.80; φροντίς, βουλεύματα, wise, A. Pers. 142 (lyr.), 172 (troch.); ἐφετμαί Id. Supp. 206; of news, good, joyful, Id. Ag. 622, cf. 261; οὔπω τι κ. ἔσχον S. Aj. 663; κεδνὰ πράξειν E. Alc. 605 (lyr.).

In the wild

κεδνὸς · kednos Aeschylus, Agamemnon 122–124
κεδνὸν · kednon Aeschylus, Agamemnon 261–262
κεδνὰ · kedna Aeschylus, Agamemnon 622
κεδνὰ · kedna Aeschylus, Agamemnon 646–649
κεδνὰ · kedna Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 109
κεδνῶν · kednōn Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 152–155

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. κεδνός (scan p. 710; entry #3025).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κεδνός (scan p. 522; entry #3775).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κεδνός (scan p. 840; entry #2881).

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