κήρ

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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.[1]

Pronunciation

 

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
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References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κήρ, κηρός”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 688–689

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