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Κήρ , , Aeol. Κᾶρ Alc. (v. infr.), gen. Κηρός, acc. Κῆρα; Dor.pl. Κᾶρες Hipparch. ap. Stob.4.34.8 (
II. as Appellat., doom, death, esp. when violent, rarely without personal sense in Hom., τὸ δέ τοι κὴρ εἴδεται εἶναι that seems to thee to be death, Il.1.228; “κῆρ᾽ ἀλεείνων3.32, al.; “φόνον καὶ κ. φέροντες2.352, al.: freq. later, “ὐπὰ κᾶρι . . διννάεντ᾽ Ἀχέροντ᾽ ἐπέραισεAlc.Supp.7.7; “μέλαιναν κῆρ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ὄμμασιν βαλώνE.Ph.950.
2. νοσῶν παλαιᾷ κηρί plague, disease, S.Ph.42, cf. 1166 (lyr.): in a general sense, βαρεῖα μὲν κ. τὸ μὴ πιθέσθαι grievous ruin it were not to obey, A.Ag.206 (lyr.); ἐλευθέρῳ ψευδεῖ καλεῖσθαι κ. πρόσεστιν οὐ καλή an unseemly disgrace, S.Tr.454.
3. pl.sts. in Prose, blemishes, defects, [“τοῖς καλοῖς] κ. ἐπιπεφύκασινPl.Lg.937d; [“τόποι] ἰδίας ἔχουσι κῆραςThphr.CP5.10.4; “κ. σύμφυτοιD.H.2.3, cf. 8.61; “ἁμαρτίαι καὶ κ.Plu.Cim.2; “σῶμα ἀκήρατον τῶν ἐκτὸς κ.Ti.Locr. 95b, cf. Ph.1.368, al.: rarely sg., “συνήθειαν ὥσπερ τινὰ κ.Plu.Ant.2, cf.Ph.1.440. (Perh. cogn. with κεραΐζω.)
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