care about
κῆδ-ος, Dor.
κᾶδος,εος,τό, (κήδω)
A. care about, c.gen.,τῶν ἄλλων οὐ κῆδοςthe othersdonotmatter, Od. 22.254 .
2. anxiety, grief, Il. 13.464 , al. (v. infr. 11 ): mostly in pl.,troubles, Ἀργείοισι πολύστονα κήδε' ἐφῆκεν
Il. 1.445
; Τρώεσσι δὲ κήδε' ἐφῆπται ἐκ Διός
2.69
; ὅς' ἐμῷ ἔνι κ. θυμῷ
18.53
, cf. Od. 4.108 ; ὁππόσα κήδε' ἀνέτλης
14.47
.
b. esp. for the dead,funeral rites, mourning, πατέρι δὲ γόον καὶ κήδεα λυγρὰ λεῖπ'
Il. 5.156
, etc.; θάνατος καὶ κ.
4.270
;κήδε' ἐμῶν ἑτάρων mourning forthem, 22.272 ; κ. στονόεντα
Archil. 9
, cf. A. Ch. 469 (lyr.), Plu. Sol. 12 , etc.: sg., κᾶδος φθιμένου θήκασθαι
Pi. P. 4.112
, cf. N. 1.54 ;ἅμα κήδεϊwhen there is a death in the family, Hdt. 2.36 ;ἐς τὸ κ. ἰέναιto attendthe funeral, Id. 6.58 , cf. SIG 1218.18 (Iulis,v B.C.); ἐπὶ τὸ κ. ἀφικέσθαι
Isoc. 19.31
; θυραῖον κ. ἐς τάφον φέρειν
E. Alc. 828
; ὅταν οἰκεῖον . . κ. γένηται
Pl. R. 605d
;εἰς τὰ κήδη . . οἱ συγγενεῖς ἀπαντῶσιattend atfunerals, Arist. EN 1165a20 .
3. object of care,Ἰλίῳ κ. ὀρθώνυμον, of Helen, with a play on signf. 11 , A. Ag. 699 (lyr.).
II. connexion by marriage, Hdt. 7.189 ; κ. ἐγγενές
A. Supp. 331
;κ. Ἀδράστου λαβών, i.e. having married his daughter, E. Ph. 77 , cf. S. OC 379 ; κατ' ἐπιγαμίαν τῷ ἀσκητῇ κ. συνάπτειν
Ph. 1.553
;τὸ κ. ξυνάψασθαι τῆς θυγατρόςcontract themarriagefor one's own daughter, Th. 2.29 ; so some wrongly explain Il. 13.464 , cf. 15.245 , 16.516 (v.supr. 1.2a ).
