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Forms: ̄κῆρα (data provider: donatus-sup), κηρσί (data provider: perseus), κηρὶ (data provider: donatus-sup), κηρί (data provider: perseus), κηρὸσ (data provider: donatus-sup), κηρόσ (data provider: perseus), κηρῶν (data provider: perseus), κὴρ (data provider: donatus-sup), κήρ (data provider: perseus), κήρεσσι (data provider: perseus), κῆρ' (data provider: perseus), κῆρα (data provider: perseus), κῆρασ (data provider: perseus), κῆρε (data provider: perseus), κῆρεσ (data provider: perseus), κῆράσ (data provider: donatus-sup)
Dictionary- Liddell-Scott-Jones: A Greek-English lexicon
- Κήρ, ἡ, Aeol. Κᾶρ Alc. (v. infr.), gen. Κηρόσ, acc. Κῆρα; Dor.pl. Κᾶρεσ Hipparch. ap. Stob.4.34.8 (v.l. Κῆρεσ), but sg. κήρ Trag.in lyr. (v. infr.):—
the goddess of death
or doom
, Κὴρ ..Θανάτοιο Od.11.171, etc.; Κῆρες ..Θανάτοιο Il.2.834, etc.; ἐν δ' Ἔρις ἐν δὲ Κυδοιμὸς ὁμίλεον ἐν δ' ὀλοὴ K.Il.18.535; ἐμὲ μὲν K.ἀμφέχανε στυγερή, ἥ περ λάχε γιγνόμενόν περ 23.79; διχθάδιαι Κῆρεσ, of Achilles, 9.411; Κῆρες μυρίαι 12.326; Κῆρες Ἀχαιῶν, Τρώων, 8.73, 74; K. νηλεόποινοι Hes.Th.217; K. Ἐρινύεσ A.Th.1060 (anap.); K. ἀναπλάκητοι S.OT472 (lyr.), cf.Tr. 133 (lyr.), Pi.Fr.277, E.El.1252, HF870 (troch.); ἁρπαξάνδρα K., of the Sphinx, A.Th.777 (lyr.): prov., θύραζε Κῆρεσ (v.l. Κᾶρεσ), οὐκ ἔνι (v.l. ἔτ') Ἀνθεστήρια, of those who want the same always, Zen. 4.33, Suid. s.v. θύραζε. II. as Appellat., doom, death
, esp. when violent
, rarely without personal sense in Hom., τὸ δέ τοι κὴρ εἴδεται εἶναι that seems to thee to be death
, Il.1.228; κῆρ' ἀλεείνων 3.32, al.; φόνον καὶ κ. φέροντεσ 2.352, al.: freq. later, ὐπὰ κᾶρι ..διννάεντ' Ἀχέροντ' ἐπέραισε Alc.Supp.7.7; μέλαιναν κῆρ' ἐπ' ὄμμασιν βαλών E.Ph.950. 2. νοσῶν παλαιᾷ κηρί plague, disease
, S.Ph.42, cf. 1166 (lyr.): in a general sense, βαρεῖα μὲν κ. τὸ μὴ πιθέσθαι grievous ruin
it were not to obey, A.Ag.206 (lyr.); ἐλευθέρῳ ψευδεῖ καλεῖσθαι κ. πρόσεστιν οὐ καλή an unseemly disgrace
, S.Tr.454. 3. pl.sts. in Prose, blemishes, defects
, [τοῖς καλοῖς] κ. ἐπιπεφύκασιν Pl.Lg.937d; [τόποι] ἰδίας ἔχουσι κῆρασ Thphr.CP5.10.4; κ. σύμφυτοι D.H.2.3, cf. 8.61; ἁμαρτίαι καὶ κ. Plu.Cim.2; σῶμα ἀκήρατον τῶν ἐκτὸς κ. Ti.Locr. 95b, cf. Ph.1.368, al.: rarely sg., συνήθειαν ὥσπερ τινὰ κ. Plu.Ant.2, cf.Ph.1.440. (Perh. cogn. with κεραί̈ζω.)
- William J. Slater: Lexicon to Pindar
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