Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αὐτοκασιγνήτη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐτοκασιγνήτη

Structure: αὐτοκασιγνητ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. an own sister

Examples

  • ἔμπα γε μὴν θεμένη κύνεον κέαρ, οὐκέτ’ ἄνευθεν αὐτοκασιγνήτησ πειρήσομαι, εἴ κέ μ’ ἀέθλῳ χραισμεῖν ἀντιάσῃσιν, ἐπὶ σφετέροισ ἀχέουσα παισί· (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 11:20)
  • " Ὧσ ἥγ’ ἐκ θαλάμοιο πάλιν κίε, παισί τ’ ἀρωγὴν αὐτοκασιγνήτησ διεπέφραδε. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 13:8)

Synonyms

  1. an own sister

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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