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κῆρ

ker · τό

heart, with all the heart, heartily, exceedingly

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Where it lives

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

What it meant

κῆρ · kēr — LSJ

heart, with all the heart, heartily, exceedingly, throughout

heart, κῆρ γηθεῖ ἐνὶ στήθεσσι Il. 14.139; κ. ἄχνυται ἐν θυμῷ 6.523, cf. 7.428; ἄλλα δέ οἱ κ. ὅρμαινε φρεσὶν ᾗσιν Od. 18.344, cf. 7.82; τῶ κε . . αἶψα μεταστρέψειε νόον μετὰ σὸν καὶ ἐμὸν κ. Il. 15.52; θαλέων ἐμπλησάμενος κ. 22.504, cf. 19.319; τοῦ δʼ οὔ ποτε κυδάλιμον κ. ταρβεῖ, of a boar or lion, 12.45: dat. κῆρι as Adv., with all the heart, heartily, ὅν τε Ζεὺς κῆρι φιλήσῃ 9.117: mostly strengthd., περὶ κ. φιλεῖν περὶ Adv., either exceedingly or throughout) 13.430; περὶ κ . . . τιμᾶν τινα Od. 5

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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. κῆρ (scan p. 736; entry #3120).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κῆρ (scan p. 540; entry #3911).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κῆρ (scan p. 875; entry #2964).

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