κεδνός: Difference between revisions

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