Κηδεός
given in charge [for burial]
Translated by Catharine Roth16 Nov 2005Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the corpse.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Κηδεός· ὁ νεκρός.
Betacode
*khdeo/s: o( nekro/s.
Notes
*kh/deos (accent on the first syllable) is a rare variant ofkh/deios (kappa 1492): see Homer, Iliad 23.160 (web address 1). The Suda's accentuation on the last syllable comes from that verse, where the enclitice)sti follows.
cf. generally kappa 1489, kappa 1490.