κῆδος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κᾶδος (kâdos) — Doric

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kā́dos, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂dos, from *keh₂d-. Cognate with Old English hete (English hate).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̂ː.dos/ → /ˈci.ðos/ → /ˈci.ðos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛ̂ː.dos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke̝.dos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ðos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ðos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ðos/

Noun

κῆδος • (kêdos) n (genitive κήδους or κήδεος); third declension

1. care for others
2. (in the plural) troubles
3. cares for the dead, mourning
4. an object of care
5. connection by marriage

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κῆδος; τοῦ κήδους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῆδος tò kêdos	τὼ κήδει tṑ kḗdei	τᾰ̀ κήδη tà kḗdē
Genitive	τοῦ κήδους toû kḗdous	τοῖν κηδοῖν toîn kēdoîn	τῶν κηδῶν tôn kēdôn
Dative	τῷ κήδει tôi kḗdei	τοῖν κηδοῖν toîn kēdoîn	τοῖς κήδεσῐ / κήδεσῐν toîs kḗdesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κῆδος tò kêdos	τὼ κήδει tṑ kḗdei	τᾰ̀ κήδη tà kḗdē
Vocative	κῆδος kêdos	κήδει kḗdei	κήδη kḗdē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of κῆδος; κήδεος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κῆδος kêdos	κήδει / κήδεε kḗdei / kḗdee	κήδεᾰ kḗdea
Genitive	κήδεος / κήδευς kḗdeos / kḗdeus	κηδέοιν kēdéoin	κηδέων kēdéōn
Dative	κήδει / κήδεῐ̈ kḗdei / kḗdeï	κηδέοιν kēdéoin	κήδεσῐ / κήδεσῐν kḗdesi(n)
Accusative	κῆδος kêdos	κήδει / κήδεε kḗdei / kḗdee	κήδεᾰ kḗdea
Vocative	κῆδος kêdos	κήδει / κήδεε kḗdei / kḗdee	κήδεᾰ kḗdea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Third declension of τὸ κῆδος; τοῦ κήδεος (Ionic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῆδος tò kêdos	τὼ κήδει / κήδεε tṑ kḗdei / kḗdee	τᾰ̀ κήδεᾰ tà kḗdea
Genitive	τοῦ κήδεος / κήδευς toû kḗdeos / kḗdeus	τοῖν κηδέοιν toîn kēdéoin	τῶν κηδέων tôn kēdéōn
Dative	τῷ κήδει / κήδεῐ̈ tôi kḗdei / kḗdeï	τοῖν κηδέοιν toîn kēdéoin	τοῖσῐ / τοῖσῐν κήδεσῐ / κήδεσῐν toîsi(n) kḗdesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κῆδος tò kêdos	τὼ κήδει / κήδεε tṑ kḗdei / kḗdee	τᾰ̀ κήδεᾰ tà kḗdea
Vocative	κῆδος kêdos	κήδει / κήδεε kḗdei / kḗdee	κήδεᾰ kḗdea
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• ἀκήδεια (akḗdeia)
• Δημοκήδης (Dēmokḗdēs)
• κηδεύω (kēdeúō)

References

• “κῆδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κῆδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κῆδος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κῆδος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κῆδος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • affinity idem, page 16.
  • alliance idem, page 25.
  • connect idem, page 161.
  • connection idem, page 161.
  • funeral idem, page 349.
  • kinship idem, page 470.
  • match idem, page 517.
  • obsequies idem, page 566.
  • relationship idem, page 689.
  • tie idem, page 874.
  • union idem, page 922.
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN