- κηδεύω
- κηδ-εύω, ([etym.] κῆδος)A take charge of, tend.S. OT1323 (lyr.), OC750;
πόλιν Id.Fr.683.4
, E.IT1212;νύμφην Id.Med. 888
;νόσημα Id.Or.883
.2 esp. attend to a corpse, bury,ἐν ξένῃσι χερσὶ κηδευθεὶς τάλας S.El.1141
, cf.E.Rh.983;μ' ἔθαψε καὶ ἐκήδευσεν IG14.1860
: also in Prose, Plb.5.10.4, etc.;ταφὴ κηδευθεῖσα ταῖς τῶν ἐναντίων χερσί Demad.9
, cf. Plu.Alex.56;βασιλέων κηδευομένων Arist.Fr.519
, cf. Wilcken Chr.499 (ii/iii A.D.);κεκηδευμένος νεκρὸς ἐν μέλιτι J.AJ14.7.4
;εἰς ἣν [σορὸν] οὐδενὶ ἔξεσται ἕτερον πτῶμα κηδεῦσαι CIG3028.3
([place name] Ephesus), cf.POxy.1067.6 (iii A.D.).3 = κηδεμονεύω, in [voice] Pass., Cod.Just.3.10.1.1.II contract a marriage, of the bridegroom, ally oneself in marriage,τὸ κηδεῦσαι καθ' ἑαυτὸν ἀριστεύει μακρῷ A.Pr.890
(lyr.): c.acc. cogn., κ. λέχος marry, S.Tr.1227: c.dat.pers., ally oneself with . . , E.Hipp.634, Fr.395, D.59.81, Men.Epit.427, etc.;κ. ὅτῳ θέλουσιν Arist.Pol.1307a37
; become the son-in-law of, Moer. p.368 P.:—in [voice] Pass., to be married, E.Ph.347 (lyr.).2 c.acc.pers., make one's kinsman by marriage, Id.Hec.1202; also κ. τὴν θυγατέρα τινί to marry her to some one, J.AJ6.10.2: abs., οἱ κηδεύσαντες those who formed the marriage, E.Med.367.
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