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

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̂ːr/ → /cir/ → /cir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛ̂ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /cir/

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

• κηρόθι (kēróthi)

Related terms

• καρδία (kardía)

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