κῆρ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, perhaps contraction from [[κέαρ]] (sed v. infr.); Hom. always [[κῆρ]], dat. [[κῆρι]], Adv. [[κηρόθι]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]); Trag.always [[κέαρ]] (no other case):—[[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; <b class="b3">τοῦ δ' οὔ ποτε κυδάλιμον κ. ταρβεῖ</b>, of a boar or lion, 12.45: dat. [[κῆρι]] as adverb, [[with all the heart]], [[heartily]], ὅν τε Ζεὺς κῆρι φιλήσῃ 9.117: mostly strengthened, <b class="b3">περὶ κ. φιλεῖν περὶ</b> 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; <b class="b3">νεμεσσῶμαι π. κῆρι</b> ib.119; for <b class="b3">λάσιον κ</b>. v. [[λάσιος]]; later <b class="b3">κῆρ ἄσᾳ βόρηται</b> 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.); <b class="b3">ἠλγύνθην, ἠχθέσθην κέαρ</b>, ib.247, 392, etc.; paratrag., τὸ κέαρ ηὐφράνθην Ar. ''Ach.''5. (With nom. [[κῆρ]] cf. OPruss. [[seyr]], Arm. [[sirt]], 'heart', I.-E. k̂ērd- (cf. [[καρδία]]) <b class="b3">; κέαρ</b> is perhaps a later formation on the analogy of [[ἔαρ]]: [[ἦρ]].)