κεδνός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, (cf. <b class="b3">κήδ-ομαι</b>) Act., <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[careful]], [[diligent]], [[trusty]], ἄναξ <span class="bibl">Od. 14.170</span>, etc.; ἀμφίπολος <span class="bibl">1.335</span>; πολῖται <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.117</span>; οἰακοστρόφος <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Th.</span>62</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>523</span>; στρατόμαντις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>122</span> (lyr.); γυνή <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>97</span> (lyr.): generally, [[noble]], Φοίνικος κόρα <span class="bibl">B.16.29</span>; παρθένος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.122</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> Pass., [[cared for]], [[cherished]], [[dear]], <b class="b3">οἵ οἱ κεδνότατοι</b> (v.l. [[κήδι στοι]]) καὶ φίλτατοι ἦσαν <span class="bibl">Il.9.586</span>; ὅς μοι κήδιστος... κεδνότατός τε <span class="bibl">Od. 10.225</span>; τοκῆες <span class="bibl">Il.17.28</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>1.5</span>; μήτηρ <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>169</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Pae.</span>6.12</span>, <span class="bibl">105</span>; ἀδελφεοί <span class="bibl">B.5.118</span>; [<b class="b3">ἄλοχος</b>] <span class="bibl">Id.3.33</span>; λέχος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>591</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of things, Hom. only in neut.pl., <b class="b3">κεδνὰ ἰδυῖα</b> [[true]]-hearted, <span class="bibl">Od.1.428</span>, <span class="bibl">19.346</span>, al.; ἤθεα κ. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>699</span>; πολίων κυβερνάσιες <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>10.72</span>; <b class="b3">κ. χάρις</b> [[valued]], [[prized]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">O.</span>8.80</span>; <b class="b3">φροντίς, βουλεύματα</b>, [[wise]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span> 142</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">172</span>(troch.); ἐφετμαί <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>206</span>; of news, [[good]], [[joyful]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>622</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">261</span>; οὔπω τι κ. ἔσχον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>663</span>; κεδνὰ πράξειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span> 605</span> (lyr.).</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">careful, trusty, cared for, noble, cherished, dear</b> (Il.);<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">κεδνοσύνη</b> (IG 3, 1370; verse inscr., Roman Emp.; cf. Wyss <b class="b3">-συνη</b> 64).<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Unexplained. A connection with <b class="b3">κήδομαι</b>, Dor. <b class="b3">κᾶδος</b>, ep. <b class="b3">κεκαδών</b> (Curtius, Bartholomae BB 17, 109 n.; cf. Seiler Steigerungsformen 83) is impossible because of the <b class="b3">-ε-</b>vowel. Schulze GGA 1896, 235 (Kl. Schr. 698) connected <b class="b3">Κόδρος</b>, <b class="b3">κόσμος</b> etc. - Fur. 195 compares <b class="b3">σκεθρός</b>.