κεδνός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κήδομαι (kḗdomai, “I take care, attend to”) +‎ -νός (-nós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.dnós/ → /ceˈðnos/ → /ceˈðnos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.dnós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /keˈdnos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ceˈðnos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ceˈðnos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ceˈðnos/

Adjective

κεδνός • (kednós) m (feminine κεδνή, neuter κεδνόν); first/second declension

1. careful, diligent, trusty
2. cherished, dear
3. good, valued

Inflection

First and second declension of κεδνός; κεδνή; κεδνόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		κεδνός kednós	κεδνή kednḗ	κεδνόν kednón		κεδνώ kednṓ	κεδνᾱ́ kednā́	κεδνώ kednṓ		κεδνοί kednoí	κεδναί kednaí	κεδνᾰ́ kedná
Genitive		κεδνοῦ kednoû	κεδνῆς kednês	κεδνοῦ kednoû		κεδνοῖν kednoîn	κεδναῖν kednaîn	κεδνοῖν kednoîn		κεδνῶν kednôn	κεδνῶν kednôn	κεδνῶν kednôn
Dative		κεδνῷ kednôi	κεδνῇ kednêi	κεδνῷ kednôi		κεδνοῖν kednoîn	κεδναῖν kednaîn	κεδνοῖν kednoîn		κεδνοῖς kednoîs	κεδναῖς kednaîs	κεδνοῖς kednoîs
Accusative		κεδνόν kednón	κεδνήν kednḗn	κεδνόν kednón		κεδνώ kednṓ	κεδνᾱ́ kednā́	κεδνώ kednṓ		κεδνούς kednoús	κεδνᾱ́ς kednā́s	κεδνᾰ́ kedná
Vocative		κεδνέ kedné	κεδνή kednḗ	κεδνόν kednón		κεδνώ kednṓ	κεδνᾱ́ kednā́	κεδνώ kednṓ		κεδνοί kednoí	κεδναί kednaí	κεδνᾰ́ kedná
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		κεδνῶς kednôs				κεδνότερος kednóteros				κεδνότᾰτος kednótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κεδνοσύνη (kednosúnē)

Further reading

• “κεδνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κεδνός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κεδνός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κεδνός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κεδνός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κεδνός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • faithful idem, page 303.
  • glad idem, page 360.
  • good idem, page 366.
• Chronique d'étymologie grecque par Alain Blanc Charles de Lamberterie Jean-Louis Perpillou →ISBN