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ἐνάτηρ?

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration: enatēr

Principal Part: ἐνάτηρ εἰνάτερος

Structure: ἐνατηρ (Stem)

Sense

  1. brother's wife, or the wife of husband's brother: sister in law

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐνάτηρ εἰνάτερε εἰνάτερες
Genitive εἰνάτερος εἰνατέροιν εἰνατέρων
Dative εἰνάτερι εἰνατέροιν εἰνάτερσι(ν)
Accusative εἰνάτερα εἰνάτερε εἰνάτερας
Vocative ἐνάτηρ εἰνάτερε εἰνάτερες

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

  • ἠέ πῃ ἐς γαλόων ἢ εἰνατέρων ἐϋπέπλων ἢ ἐς Ἀθηναίης ἐξοίχεται, ἔνθά περ ἄλλαι Τρῳαὶ ἐϋπλόκαμοι δεινὴν θεὸν ἱλάσκονται· (Homer, Iliad, Book 6 38:6)
  • Ἕκτορ ἐπεὶ μάλ ἄνωγας ἀληθέα μυθήσασθαι, οὔτέ πῃ ἐς γαλόων οὔτ εἰνατέρων ἐϋπέπλων οὔτ ἐς Ἀθηναίης ἐξοίχεται, ἔνθά περ ἄλλαι Τρῳαὶ ἐϋπλόκαμοι δεινὴν θεὸν ἱλάσκονται, ἀλλ ἐπὶ πύργον ἔβη μέγαν Ἰλίου, οὕνεκ ἄκουσε τείρεσθαι Τρῶας, μέγα δὲ κράτος εἶναι Ἀχαιῶν. (Homer, Iliad, Book 6 39:2)
  • 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. brother's wife

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