ἐνάτηρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁yénh₂tēr. Cognates include Latin janitrīcēs, Sanskrit यातृ (yātṛ), Old Armenian ներ (ner) and Old Church Slavonic ꙗтрꙑ (jatry).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐνάτηρ • (enátēr) f (genitive εἰνάτερος); third declension

  1. brother’s wife
  2. the wife of husband’s brother: sister-in-law, co-sister-in-law

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἐνᾰ́τηρ; τῆς εἰνᾰ́τερος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Plural
Nominative ἡ ἐνᾰ́τηρ
hē enắtēr 		αἱ εἰνᾰ́τερες
hai einắteres
Genitive τῆς εἰνᾰ́τερος
tês einắteros 		τῶν εἰνᾰτέρων
tôn einătérōn
Dative τῇ ἐνατρί
tēî enatrí 		ταῖς εἰνᾰ́τερσῐ / εἰνᾰ́τερσῐν
taîs einắtersĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν εἰνᾰ́τερᾰ
tḕn einắteră 		τᾱ̀ς εἰνᾰ́τερᾰς
tā̀s einắterăs
Vocative εἴνατερ
eínater 		εἰνᾰ́τερες
einắteres
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Not actually attested in all forms. The accusative singular and plural as well as the dative and vocative plural are conjectural.

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