Κήρ

Κήρ

See also: κήρ and κῆρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Κᾶρ (Kâr) – Aeolic

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̌ːr/ → /cir/ → /cir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /cir/

Proper noun

Κήρ • (Kḗr) f (genitive Κηρός); third declension

1. one of the Keres; a Ker

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Κήρ; τῆς Κηρός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Κήρ hē Kḗr	τὼ Κῆρε tṑ Kêre	αἱ Κῆρες hai Kêres
Genitive	τῆς Κηρός tês Kērós	τοῖν Κηροῖν toîn Kēroîn	τῶν Κηρῶν tôn Kērôn
Dative	τῇ Κηρῐ́ têi Kērí	τοῖν Κηροῖν toîn Kēroîn	ταῖς Κηρσῐ́ / Κηρσῐ́ν taîs Kērsí(n)
Accusative	τὴν Κῆρᾰ tḕn Kêra	τὼ Κῆρε tṑ Kêre	τᾱ̀ς Κῆρᾰς tā̀s Kêras
Vocative	Κήρ Kḗr	Κῆρε Kêre	Κῆρες Kêres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Κηρ (Kir); Κήρα (Kíra)

Further reading

• “Κήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Κήρ”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,011