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δαήρ

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: δαήρ δαέρος

Structure: δαηρ (Stem)

Sense

  1. husband's brother, brother-in-law

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Ἕκτορ ἐμῷ θυμῷ δαέρων πολὺ φίλτατε πάντων, ἦ μέν μοι πόσισ ἐστὶν Ἀλέξανδροσ θεοειδήσ, ὅσ μ’ ἄγαγε Τροίηνδ’· (Homer, Iliad, Book 24 72:3)
  • ἀλλ’ εἴ τίσ με καὶ ἄλλοσ ἐνὶ μεγάροισιν ἐνίπτοι δαέρων ἢ γαλόων ἢ εἰνατέρων εὐπέπλων, ἢ ἑκυρή, ἑκυρὸσ δὲ πατὴρ ὣσ ἤπιοσ αἰεί, ἀλλὰ σὺ τὸν ἐπέεσσι παραιφάμενοσ κατέρυκεσ σῇ τ’ ἀγανοφροσύνῃ καὶ σοῖσ ἀγανοῖσ ἐπέεσσι. (Homer, Iliad, Book 24 72:7)

Synonyms

  1. husband's brother

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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