- κεδνός
- κεδνόςGrammatical information: adj.Meaning: `careful, trusty, cared for, noble, cherished, dear' (Il.);Derivatives: κεδνοσύνη (IG 3, 1370; verse inscr., Roman Emp.; cf. Wyss -συνη 64).Origin: XX [etym. unknown]Etymology: Unexplained. A connection with κήδομαι, Dor. κᾶδος, ep. κεκᾰδών (Curtius, Bartholomae BB 17, 109 n.; cf. Seiler Steigerungsformen 83) is impossible because of the -ε-vowel. Schulze GGA 1896, 235 (Kl. Schr. 698) connected Κόδρος, κόσμος etc. - Fur. 195 compares σκεθρός.Page in Frisk: 1,808
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.