κῆρ

See also: κήρ and Κήρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • κέαρ (kéar)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr. If not simply directly inherited from that form, perhaps a contraction of κέαρ (kéar), related to καρδία (kardía). Alternatively, Liddell and Scott (1940) suggest that κέαρ may have been a back-formation to κῆρ 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

Inflection
Irregular declension of τὸ κῆρ; τοῦ κῆρος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative τὸ κῆρ
tò kêr
Genitive τοῦ κῆρος
toû kêros
Dative τῷ κῆρι
tôi kêri
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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