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.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̌ːr/ → /ˈcir/ → /ˈcir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcir/

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 tēî kērĭ́	τοῖν κηροῖν toîn kēroîn	ταῖς κηρσῐ́ / κηρσῐ́ν taîs kērsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὴν κῆρᾰ tḕn kêră	τὼ κῆρε tṑ kêre	τᾱ̀ς κῆρᾰς tā̀s kêrăs
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.

Derived terms

• ἀκήριος (akḗrios)

Further reading

• “κήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press