3. to be so and so, Hdt. , Aesch. :simply, to be, nei`ko" k. tisi there is strife between them, Soph.
keimhvlion
keimhvlion , tov , ( kei`mai ) anything stored up as valuable, a treasure, heirloom, Hom ., Hdt. , Soph. , Eur.
keivman
keivma<Eth>n , Dor. and poët. for ejkeivmhn , impf. of kei`mai .
kei`no"
kei`no" , h, o , Ion. and poët. for ejkei`no" : keivnh/ by that way, Od.: keivnw" in that manner, Hdt.
keinov"
keinov" , hv, ovn , Ion. and poët. for kenov" .
Kei`o"
Kei`o" , v. Kevo" .
keiriva , hJ , the cord or girth of a bedstead, Lat. instita , Ar.
II. in pl. swathings, grave-clothes, N.T.
keiruvlo"
keiruvlo" , oJ , v. khruvlo" .
KEI vRW , f. kerw` , Ion. kerevw : aor. I e[keira , Ep. e[kersa : pf. kevkarka : Med. , fut. kerou`mai : aor. I ejkeiravmhn , Ep. ejkersavmhn : Pass. , aor. I part. kerqeiv" ; aor. 2 subj. ka±rh`/ , inf. ka±rh`nai , part. kareiv" : pf. kevkarmai : to cut the hair short, shear, clip, Il., Hdt. , Eur. : Med. to cut off ones hair or have it cut off, as in deep mourning, Hom. , Eur. , etc. : Pass. , bostruvcou" kekarmevno" having ones locks cut off, Eur. ; kekavrqai ta;" kefalav" to have their heads shorn, in sign of mourning, Hdt. : of the hair, to be cut off, Pind.
II.
to cut
or
hew out,
Il.;
u{lhn
Soph.
III.
to ravage
a country,
by cutting down
the crops and fruit-trees,
Hdt.
,
Thuc.
:
Pass.
, of a country,
to be ravaged,
Thuc
.:
Med
.,
[Arh" plavka kersavmeno"
having had
the plain
swept clean
(by destroying the men),
Aesch.
IV.
generally,
to destroy,
and so,
1.
to tear, eat greedily,
Lat.
depasci
,
of beasts,
Hom.
;
e[keire poluvkerwn fovnon
, i.e. he slaughtered many a horned beast,
Soph.
2. of the suitors, to consume, waste ones substance, Od.
keij"
keij" , crasis for kai; eij" .
kei`se , Adv. , Ion. and Ep. for ejkei`se , thither.