κήρ

See also: Κήρ and κῆρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *kā́r. No suitable Indo-European root exists, therefore the source is probably Pre-Greek.[1]

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κήρ • (kḗr) f (genitive κηρός); third declension

  1. death, doom
  2. goddess or demon of death

Declension
Third declension of ἡ κήρ; τῆς κηρός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κήρ
hē kḗr		 τὼ κῆρε
tṑ kêre		 αἱ κῆρες
hai kêres
Genitive τῆς κηρός
tês kērós		 τοῖν κηροῖν
toîn kēroîn		 τῶν κηρῶν
tôn kērôn
Dative τῇ κηρῐ́
têi kērí		 τοῖν κηροῖν
toîn kēroîn		 ταῖς κηρσῐ́ / κηρσῐ́ν
taîs kērsí(n)
Accusative τὴν κῆρᾰ
tḕn kêra		 τὼ κῆρε
tṑ kêre		 τᾱ̀ς κῆρᾰς
tā̀s kêras
Vocative κήρ
kḗr		 κῆρε
kêre		 κῆρες
kêres
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κήρ, κηρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 688–689

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