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ἐνάτηρ

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

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

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

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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