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Κήδομαί σου · I care for you (κ 1494) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near κ1494

κ1490care [for the dead]
κ1491to grieve
κ1492dear
κ1493caring
κ1494I care for you
κ1495care, connection by marriage
κ1496carer, care-giver
κ1497Kedonides, Cedonides
κ1498burned

Suda/Κ kappa/κ1494

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Κήδομαί σου

I care for you

Translated by Catharine Roth16 Nov 2005Vetting: high2 revisions

definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
ethics

2 notes · 18 words

Translation

[Meaning] I am concerned [about you].¹ But kh/dw se/ [sc. in the active] means I cause [you] distress.²

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κήδομαί σου· φροντίζω. Κήδω δὲ σέ, λυπῶ.

Betacode

*kh/domai/ sou: fronti/zw. *kh/dw de\ se/, lupw=.

Notes (2)

cf. generally kappa 1493.

1Middle voice also at kappa 1488. ↩

2Active voice also at kappa 1491.

Linked from7 entries

κ1485Κηδεμονίαcare[Meaning] foresight. Also [sc. attested is] khdemw/n ["carer"], [meaning] one who gives thought, one who takes care, one who foresees.
κ1488Κήδεταιcares for[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning he/she/it] takes thought for, helps, shows concern for.
κ1489Κηδεύεινto care [for][Meaning] to take thought [for], or to bury. Aelian [writes]: "and otherwise [he] being angry with his concubine, as already a maid-servant ... they numbered the wretched man among the dead. And they (for their part)…
κ1491Κήδεινto grieve[Meaning] to do harm, to cause distress.
κ1493Κηδήσαντεςcaring[Meaning they who are] serving, or distressing.
κ1495Κῆδοςcare, connection by marriage[Meaning] an agreement of [= for] marriage, or of grief. Also distress/grief, because it makes [one] burn [kai/esqai]. "The two of them [Theodora and Belisarius] at once established a marriage-relationship with each…
κ1496Κηδωλόςcarer, care-giver[Meaning] one who takes thought and is solicitous of everything.

Neighbouring entries

κ1492Κηδείουςdear κ1493Κηδήσαντεςcaring κ1494Κήδομαί σουI care for you κ1495Κῆδοςcare, connection by marriage κ1496Κηδωλόςcarer, care-giver

Revision history2 revisions · last 20 Feb 2013

20 Feb 2013Revised — David Whitehead
16 Nov 2005cosmetics — David Whitehead
16 Nov 2005Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κήδομαί σου (Adler number kappa 1494), trans. Catharine Roth, 16 Nov 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/1494

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗