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/ → /cir/ → /cir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛ̌ːr/
• (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

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 têi kērí	τοῖν κηροῖν toîn kēroîn	ταῖς κηρσῐ́ / κηρσῐ́ν taîs kērsí(n)
Accusative	τὴν κῆρᾰ tḕn kêra	τὼ κῆρε tṑ kêre	τᾱ̀ς κῆρᾰς tā̀s kêras
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.

Further reading

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