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Liddell-Scott-Jones Lexicon of Classical Greek
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Greek1: krokodiloeidês 2: bussothen 3: kardioulkeô 4: katathumios 5: enkardios
Latin1: pylorus 2: praecordia 3: pectus 4: cardiacus 5: aegis
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Words That Regularly Appear With kardia
In Perseus Texts:thumosphrênmuthosdaknôachos
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kardi-a, hê, Ion. kardiê, Ep. kra^diê (kardiê in Hom. only in kardiêi allêkton polemizein êde machesthai Hom. Il. 2.452, al., kardia always in Trag., exc. in some dact. and anap. verses, Aesch. PB 881, ti=Aesch. Seven 781, Eur. Med. 99, ti=Eur. Hipp. 1274); Aeol. karza EM407.21 (but kardia Sapph.2.6); Cypr. korzia (Paph.), Hsch. (fort. korza):--

  • heart, en de te hoi kradiê megala sternoisi patassei Hom. Il. 13.282; kradiê de moi exô stêtheôn ekthrôiskei, of one panic-stricken, au=Hom. Il. 10.94; pêdai hê k. Plat. Sym. 215e, cf. Aristoph. Cl. 1391 (lyr.): esp. as the seat of feeling and passion, as rage or anger, oidanetai kradiê Cholôi Hom. Il. 9.646; tetlathi dê, kradiê Hom. Od. 20.18, cf. Eur. Alc. 837; kardiês pleôs full of heart, Archil.58.4; of fear or courage, kunos ommat' echôn, kradiên d' elaphoio Hom. Il. 1.225; [sphêkôn] kradiên kai thumon echontes au=Hom. Il. 16.266; en men hoi kradiêi tharsos bale au=Hom. Il. 21.547, etc.; orcheitai kardia phobôi Aesch. Lib. 166; thermên epi psuchroisi k. echeis Soph. Ant. 88; ton neon tina oiei k. ischein; what do you think are his feelings? Plat. Rep. 492c; of sorrow or joy, en kradiêi mega penthos aexe Hom. Od. 17.489; k. kai thumos ianthê au=Hom. Od. 4.548; achos kradiên kai thumon hikanen Hom. Il. 2.171, cf. au=Hom. Il. 10.10, Bacchyl. 10.85, etc.; kardiên iainetai Archil.36; kelainochrôs . . palletai mou k. Aesch. Supp. 785; ô talaina k. psuchê t' emê Eur. Orest. 466; of love, Sapph.l.c., etc.; ek tês k. philein Aristoph. Cl. 86; phileein apo k. Theoc.29.4 (but erein tapo k. to speak freely, Eur. IA 475); lalêsai epi kardian tinos speak kindly to . . , LXXJd.19.3.

    II. cardiac orifice of the stomach,     Thuc. 2.49, Hp.Prorrh.1.72, Gal.8.338, al.

    III. heart in wood, pith, Thphr.HP3.14.1;     = enteriônê , IBID=au=Thphr. HP 1.2.6; artemisias monoklônou kardias z PMag.Berol.1.245, cf. PMag. Leid.V.au=PMag.Berol. 13.24; labôn baïn Chlôran kai tês k. kratêsas schison eis duo PMag.Leid.W.6.51.

    IV. metaph., k. thalassês depths of the sea, LXXEz.27.4.

    V. K. Leontos, name of the star ti=LXX Regulus, Gem.3.5. (I.-E. &kcirc;&rnull;d-, cf. Lat. cor(d)-, Lith. širdis 'heart', etc.)