- κῆδος
- κῆδ-ος, [dialect] Dor. [full] κᾶδος, εος, τό, ([etym.] κήδω)A care about, c.gen., τῶν ἄλλων οὐ κῆδος the others do not matter, Od.22.254.2 anxiety, grief, Il.13.464, al. (v. infr.11): mostly in pl., troubles,
Ἀργείοισι πολύστονα κήδε' ἐφῆκεν Il.1.445
;Τρώεσσι δὲ κήδε' ἐφῆπται ἐκ Διός 2.69
;ὅσ' ἐμῷ ἔνι κ. θυμῷ 18.53
, cf.Od.4.108;ὁππόσα κήδε' ἀνέτλης 14.47
.b esp. for the dead, funeral rites, mourning,πατέρι δὲ γόον καὶ κήδεα λυγρὰ λεῖπ' Il.5.156
, etc.;θάνατος καὶ κ. 4.270
; κήδε' 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. SIG1218.18 (Iulis, v B.C.);ἐπὶ τὸ κ. ἀφικέσθαι Isoc.19.31
;θυραῖον κ. ἐς τάφον φέρειν E.Alc.828
;ὅταν οἰκεῖον . . κ. γένηται Pl.R.605d
; εἰς τὰ κήδη . . οἱ συγγενεῖς ἀπαντῶσι attend at funerals, Arist.EN1165a20.3 object of care, Ἰλίῳ κ. ὀρθώνυμον, of Helen, with a play on signf. 11, A.Ag.699 (lyr.).II 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.OC379;κατ' ἐπιγαμίαν τῷ ἀσκητῇ κ. συνάπτειν Ph.1.553
; τὸ κ. ξυνάψασθαι τῆς θυγατρός contract the marriage for one's own daughter, Th.2.29; so some wrongly explain Il.13.464, cf. 15.245, 16.516 (v.supr.1.2a).
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