κῆδος

κῆδος, Dor. κᾶδος, εος, τό, (κήδω) A. care about, c.gen., τῶν ἄλλων οὐ κῆδος the others do not matter, Od. 22.254. 2. anxiety, grief, Il. 13.464, al. (v. infr. II): mostly in pl., troubles, Ἀργείοισι πολύστονα κήδεʼ ἐφῆκεν Il. 1.445; Τρώεσσι δὲ κήδεʼ ἐφῆπται ἐκ Διός 2.69; ὅσʼ ἐμῷ ἔνι κ. θυμῷ 18.53, cf.Od. 4.108; ὁππόσα κήδεʼ ἀνέτλης 14.47. b. esp. for the dead, funeral rites, mourning, πατέρι δὲ γόον καὶ κήδεα λυγρὰ λεῖπʼ Il. 5.156, etc.; θάνατος καὶ κ. 4.270; κήδεʼ ἐμῶν ἑτάρων mourning for them, 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 κήδεϊ when there is a death in the family, Hdt. 2.36; ἐς τὸ κ. ἰέναι to attend the 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 ἀπαντῶσι attend at funerals, Arist. EN 1165a20. 3. object of care, Ἰλίῳ κ. ὀρθώνυμον, of Helen, with a play on signf. II, 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; κατʼ ἐπιγαμίαν τῷ ἀσκητῇ κ. συνάπτειν Ph. 1.553; τὸ κ. ξυνάψασθαι τῆς θυγατρός contract the marriage for oneʼs own daughter, Th. 2.29; so some wrongly explain Il. 13.464, cf. 15.245, 16.516 (v.supr.1.2a).