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κήδω

kedo

κήδομαι, κῆδος, etc

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Where it lives

Accusation of Calumny 1 · 9.67/10k
Crito 2 · 4.8/10k
On the Peace 3 · 3.79/10k
To Nicocles 1 · 3.32/10k
Acharnians 2 · 2.82/10k
Nicocles or the Cyprians 1 · 2.68/10k
Iliad 29 · 2.6/10k
On the Chersonese 1 · 2.37/10k
Third Philippic 1 · 2.35/10k
Electra 2 · 2.3/10k
Apology 2 · 2.29/10k
Philoctetes 2 · 2.27/10k

Densest 12 of 51 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. κήδω · kēdō — Chantraine

κήδω, κήδομαι, κῆδος, etc. : 1) actif κήδω, Î. κηδήσω « léser, blesser, troubler ». etc. (Hom., Call.) ; moyen plus usuel κήδομαι, avec l’aor. impér. κήδεσαι (Æsch., Sepi 139, 1yr.), 1. χεκαδήσομαι (IL 8,853), pf. intransitif κέκηδα (Tyrt. 12,28) «se soucier de, être inquiet, prendre soin de » (Hom. avec de nombreux exemples en fin de vers de . — 528 — κηκίς — [Chantraine, s.v. κήδω, p. 536]

2. κήδ-ω · kēd-ō — LSJ

I trouble, distress

Act., trouble, distress, c. acc. pers., ὃς τόξοισιν ἔκηδε θεούς Il. 5.404; μῆλα δὲ κήδει (sc. χειμών) 17.550; ὅττι ἑ κήδοι Od. 9.402; ὅτι μʼ ἤλθετε κηδήσοντες Il. 24.240; Λύγδαμιν οὐ γὰρ ἐμὴ τῆμος ἔκηδε κάσις Call. Aet. 3.1.23 [Fr. 75.23 Pf.]:—Act. only in Ep. and Eleg.

II to be concerned, care for, mourn for, caring for, anxious, distressed

Med. and Pass., to be concerned, care for . . : c. gen., of persons or cities, κήδετο γὰρ Δαναῶν Il. 1.56; τίη δὲ σὺ κήδεαι οὕτως ἀνδρῶν; 6.55; ὀλλυμένων Δαναῶν κεκαδησόμεθʼ 8.353, cf. 11.665; ὅς τέ μευ κηδέσκετο παιδὸς ἐόντος Od. 22.358, cf. Hdt. 1.209, 9.45, S. Aj. 203 (anap.), Th. 6.14, Pl. Chrm. 173a, Ph. 1.359, etc.; Ἄργεος Call. Lav.Pall. l.c.; καὶ γαμέτου κήδεο καὶ τεκέων mourn for . . , Epigr.Gr. 243.25 (Pergam.): c. gen.rei, τῶν ἀλφίτων Ar. Nu. 106; τῆς πολιτείας Arist. Pol. 1320a6; τῶν

b bury

bury, c. gen., Ael. Fr. 106.

2 take charge of

Inscrr., take charge of, τοῦ μνημείου τούτου ἡ γερουσία κ. SIG 1244 (Cos, ii/iii A.D.), cf. 1228 (Ephesus, iii A.D.).

In the wild

κήδεσαί · kēdesai Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 135–139
κήδεται · kēdetai Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 253)
κήδει · kēdei Aristophanes, Acharnians (DIORISIS sentence 780)
κηδόμενος · kēdomenos Aristophanes, Clouds 1410 (DIORISIS sentence 1089)
κήδει · kēdei Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 90)
κήδομαί · kēdomai Aristophanes, Knights 1340 (DIORISIS sentence 972)

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Where it came from

Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κήδω (scan pp. 536-537; entry #3883).

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