κῆρ
ἀνιαρῶς τε φέρει τὴν τελευτὴν, καίτοι γε τὸν πρόσθεν χρόνον διαχλευάζων τοὺς μορμολυττομένους τὸν θάνατον, καὶ πρᾴως ἐπιτωθάζων → he bears death with grief, although in a former time he criticized, and mildly derided, those that were fearing death
English (LSJ)
τό, perh.contr.from κέαρ (sed v. infr.); Hom. always κῆρ, dat. κῆρι, Adv. κηρόθι (q.v.); Trag.always κέαρ (no other case):—
A 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 δ' 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.5.36, etc.; ἀπέχθωνται περὶ κ. Il.4.53; περὶ κ . . . ἐχολώθη 13.206; νεμεσσῶμαι π. κῆρι ib.119; for λάσιον κ. v. λάσιος; later κῆρ ἄσᾳ βόρηται dub. in Sapph.Supp.25.18; ἐμὸν κέαρ οὐ γεύεται ὕμνων Pi.I.5(4).20, cf. N. 7.102, B.16.108, etc.; κέαρ ἀπαράμυθον A.Pr.187 (lyr.); ἠλγύνθην, ἠχθέσθην κέαρ, ib.247, 392, etc.; paratrag., τὸ κέαρ ηὐφράνθην Ar. Ach.5. (With nom. κῆρ cf. OPruss. seyr, Arm. sirt, 'heart', I.-E. [kcirc ]ērd- (cf. καρδία) ; κέαρ is perh. a later formation on the analogy of ἔαρ: ἦρ.)
