δαήρ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr. Cognates include Sanskrit देवृ (devṛ́), Lithuanian dieveris, Latin lēvir and Old Armenian տայգր (taygr).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /daː.ɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /daˈe̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðaˈir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðaˈir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ðaˈir/
Noun
δᾱήρ • (dāḗr) m (genitive δᾱέρος); third declension
- husband's brother, brother-in-law
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ δᾱήρ ho dāḗr |
τὼ δᾱέρε tṑ dāére |
οἱ δᾱέρες hoi dāéres | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ δᾱέρος toû dāéros |
τοῖν δᾱέροιν toîn dāéroin |
τῶν δᾱέρων tôn dāérōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ δᾱέρῐ tōî dāérĭ |
τοῖν δᾱέροιν toîn dāéroin |
τοῖς δᾱέρσῐ / δᾱέρσῐν toîs dāérsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν δᾱέρᾰ tòn dāéră |
τὼ δᾱέρε tṑ dāére |
τοὺς δᾱέρᾰς toùs dāérăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δᾶερ dâer |
δᾱέρε dāére |
δᾱέρες dāéres | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “δαήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δαήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “δαήρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- δαήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δαήρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- δαήρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)