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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

  • ἄνδρ’ ἐμὸν ἔκταν’ ἑκυρόσ, ἑκυρὸν δ’ ἔκτανεν ἀνὴρ, καὶ δαὴρ ἑκυρόν, καὶ ἑκυρὸσ γενέτην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 91)
  • δαὴρ αὖτ’ ἐμὸσ ἔσκε κυνώπιδοσ, εἴ ποτ’ ἐήν γε. (Homer, Iliad, Book 3 21:8)
  • αὐτίκα δ’ ἔγνω τὸν μὲν ποιπνύοντα μάχην ἀνὰ κυδιάνειραν αὐτοκασίγνητον καὶ δαέρα, χαῖρε δὲ θυμῷ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 14 17:2)
  • 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

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