κηδεύω

A. take charge of, tend. S. OT 1323 (lyr.), OC 750; πόλιν Id. Fr. 683.4, E. IT 1212; νύμφην Id. Med. 888; νόσημα Id. Or. 883.

2. esp. attend to a corpse, bury, ἐν ξένῃσι χερσὶ κηδευθεὶς τάλας S. El. 1141, cf.E. Rh. 983; μ’ ἔθαψε καὶ ἐκήδευσεν IG 14.1860: also in Prose, Plb. 5.10.4, etc.; ταφὴ κηδευθεῖσα ταῖς τῶν ἐναντίων χερσί Demad. 9, cf. Plu. Alex. 56; βασιλέων κηδευομένων Arist. Fr. 519, cf. Wilcken Chr. 499 (ii/iii A.D.); κεκηδευμένος νεκρὸς ἐν μέλιτι J. AJ 14.7.4; εἰς ἣν [σορὸν] οὐδενὶ ἔξεσται ἕτερον πτῶμα κηδεῦσαι CIG 3028.3 (Ephesus), cf.POxy. 1067.6 (iii A.D.).

3. = κηδεμονεύω, in Pass., Cod.Just. 3.10.1.1.

II. contract a marriage, of the bridegroom, ally oneself in marriage, τὸ κηδεῦσαι καθ’ ἑαυτὸν ἀριστεύει μακρῷ A. Pr. 890 (lyr.): c.acc. cogn., κ. λέχος marry, S. Tr. 1227: c.dat.pers., ally oneself with . . , E. Hipp. 634, Fr. 395, D. 59.81, Men. Epit. 427, etc.; κ. ὅτῳ θέλουσιν Arist. Pol. 1307a37; become the son-in-law of, Moer. p.368 P.:—in Pass., to be married, E. Ph. 347 (lyr.).

2. c.acc.pers., make one's kinsman by marriage, Id. Hec. 1202; also κ. τὴν θυγατέρα τινί to marry her to some one, J. AJ 6.10.2: abs., οἱ κηδεύσαντες those who formed the marriage, E. Med. 367.