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κῆδος

kedos

care, mourning, funeral rites; connection by marriage, affinity

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What it meant

1. κῆδος · kēdos — Beekes

κῆδος [n.] ‘care, mourning, funeral rites; connection by marriage, affinity’ (IL). 41Ὲ *keh,d-s- ‘care, grief; hate’> VAR Dor. κᾶδος, Primary superlative κήδιστος ‘closest, most dear’ (Hom.). «COMP As a second member in ἀ-κηδής ‘careless, unburied’ (11, to which ἀκήδεια, in, axndéw, dw; also ἀ-κήδεσ-τος ‘id. (112, προσ-κηδής ‘careful, related by marriage, friendly with’ (@ 35, Hdt. 8, 136, A. R.} on formation and … — [Beekes, s.v. κῆδος, p. 731]

2. κῆδος · kēdos — Frisk

κῆδος, dor. zädos n. “Sorge, Trauer, Leichenbestattung; Verschwägerung, affinitas’ (seit 1l.). Als Hinterglied z.B. in ἀ-κηδῆς ‘sorglos, unbesorgt, unbestattet’ (vorw. poet. seit Il.) mit ἀκήδεια, -In, ἀκηδέω, -ιάω; auch d-xrjdec-rog "ds. (poet. seit Il.; Schwyzer 503), προσ-κηδής etwa "sorgenvoll, verschwägert, befreundet’ (p 35, Hdt. 8, 136, A. R. u.a.); nach προσ-φιλής, vgl. zur Bildung und Bedeutung Sommer … — [Frisk, s.v. κῆδος, p. 868]

3. κῆδος · kēdos — Frisk

κῆδος. Zu προσ-κηδῆς auch Schwyzer-Debrunner 517 Α.1. — Von κήδομαι noch κηδωλός" ὁ φροντίζων Suid. (wie ἁμαρτωλός u.a.); die hinzugefügte Erklärung „xai κηδόμενος ὅλων“ will das Suffix erklären. — [Frisk, s.v. κῆδος, p. 2251]

4. κῆδ-ος · kēd-os — LSJ

care about, do, matter

care about, c. gen., τῶν ἄλλων οὐ κῆδος the others do not matter, Od. 22.254.

2 anxiety, grief, troubles

anxiety, grief, Il. 13.464, al. (v. infr. II): mostly in pl., troubles, Ἀργείοισι πολύστονα κήδεʼ ἐφῆκεν Il. 1.445; Τρώεσσι δὲ κήδεʼ ἐφῆπται ἐκ Διός 2.69; ὅσʼ ἐμῷ ἔνι κ. θυμῷ 18.53, cf. Od. 4.108; ὁππόσα κήδεʼ ἀνέτλης 14.47.

b funeral rites, mourning, mourning for, the funeral, funerals

esp. for the dead, funeral rites, mourning, πατέρι δὲ γόον καὶ κήδεα λυγρὰ λεῖπʼ Il. 5.156, etc.; θάνατος καὶ κ. 4.270; κήδεʼ ἐμῶν ἑτάρων mourning for them, 22.272; κ. στονόεντα Archil. 9, cf. A. Ch. 469 (lyr.), Plu. Sol. 12, etc.: sg., κᾶδος φθιμένου θήκασθαι Pi. P. 4.112, cf. N. 1.54; ἅμα κήδεϊ when there is a death in the family, Hdt. 2.36; ἐς τὸ κ. ἰέναι to attend the funeral, Id. 6.58, cf. SIG 1218.18 (Iulis, v B.C.); ἐπὶ τὸ κ. ἀφικέσθαι Isoc. 19.31; θυραῖον κ. ἐς τάφον φέρειν E. Alc. 828;

3 object of care

object of care, Ἰλίῳ κ. ὀρθώνυμον, of Helen, with a play on signf. II, A. Ag. 699 (lyr.).

II connexion by marriage, marriage

connexion by marriage, Hdt. 7.189; κ. ἐγγενές A. Supp. 331; κ. Ἀδράστου λαβών, i.e. having married his daughter, E. Ph. 77, cf. S. OC 379; κατʼ ἐπιγαμίαν τῷ ἀσκητῇ κ. συνάπτειν Ph. 1.553; τὸ κ. ξυνάψασθαι τῆς θυγατρός contract the marriage for oneʼs own daughter, Th. 2.29; so some wrongly explain Il. 13.464, cf. 15.245, 16.516 (v. supr. Ι.2a).

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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. κῆδος (scan p. 731; entry #3102).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κῆδος (scan pp. 868-869; entry #2949). Root candidates: *kodos-.

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