κῆρ

See also: κήρ and Κήρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κέᾰρ (kéăr)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr. If not simply directly inherited from that form, perhaps a contraction of κέᾰρ (kéăr), related to κᾰρδῐ́ᾱ (kărdĭ́ā). Alternatively, Liddell and Scott (1940) suggest that κέᾰρ (kéăr) may have been a back-formation to κῆρ (kêr) on the basis of ἦρ (êr) ~ ἔαρ (éar, “spring”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κῆρ • (kêr) n (genitive κῆρος); third declension

  1. heart
  2. the seat of the will
  3. the seat of the passions

Declension

Third declension of τὸ κῆρ; τοῦ κῆρος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative τὸ κῆρ
tò kêr
Genitive τοῦ κῆρος
toû kêros
Dative τῷ κῆρῐ
tōî kêrĭ
Accusative τὸ κῆρ
tò kêr
Vocative κῆρ
kêr
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “κῆρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “κῆρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “κῆρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • κῆρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • κῆρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
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