κῆδος

A. care about, c.gen., τῶν ἄλλων οὐ κῆδος the others do not matter, Od. 22.254.

2. anxiety, grief, Il. 13.464, al. (v. infr.11): mostly in pl., troubles, Ἀργείοισι πολύστονα κήδε’ ἐφῆκεν Il. 1.445; Τρώεσσι δὲ κήδε’ ἐφῆπται ἐκ Διός 2.69; ὅσ’ ἐμῷ ἔνι κ. θυμῷ 18.53, cf.Od. 4.108; ὁππόσα κήδε’ ἀνέτλης 14.47.

b. esp. for the dead, funeral rites, mourning, πατέρι δὲ γόον καὶ κήδεα λυγρὰ λεῖπ’ Il. 5.156, etc.; θάνατος καὶ κ. 4.270; κήδε’ ἐμῶν ἑτάρων mourning for them, 22.272; κ. στονόεντα Archil. 9, cf. A. Ch. 469 (lyr.), Plu. Sol. 12, etc.: sg., κᾶδος φθιμένου θήκασθαι Pi. P. 4.112, cf. N. 1.54; ἅμα κήδεϊ when there is a death in the family, Hdt. 2.36; ἐς τὸ κ. ἰέναι to attend the funeral, Id. 6.58, cf. SIG 1218.18 (Iulis, v B.C.); ἐπὶ τὸ κ. ἀφικέσθαι Isoc. 19.31; θυραῖον κ. ἐς τάφον φέρειν E. Alc. 828; ὅταν οἰκεῖον . . κ. γένηται Pl. R. 605d; εἰς τὰ κήδη . . οἱ συγγενεῖς ἀπαντῶσι attend at funerals, Arist. EN 1165a20.

3. object of care, Ἰλίῳ κ. ὀρθώνυμον, of Helen, with a play on signf. 11, A. Ag. 699 (lyr.).

II. connexion by marriage, Hdt. 7.189; κ. ἐγγενές A. Supp. 331; κ. Ἀδράστου λαβών, i.e. having married his daughter, E. Ph. 77, cf. S. OC 379; κατ’ ἐπιγαμίαν τῷ ἀσκητῇ κ. συνάπτειν Ph. 1.553; τὸ κ. ξυνάψασθαι τῆς θυγατρός contract the marriage for one's own daughter, Th. 2.29; so some wrongly explain Il. 13.464, cf. 15.245, 16.516 (v.supr.1.2a).