ἑκυρός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /he.ky.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /(h)e.kyˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.cyˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.cyˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.ciˈros/
Noun
ἑκῠρός • (hekŭrós) m (genitive ἑκῠροῦ); second declension
- (Epic) father-in-law
- Synonym: πενθερός (pentherós)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἑκῠρός ho hekŭrós |
τὼ ἑκῠρώ tṑ hekŭrṓ |
οἱ ἑκῠροί hoi hekŭroí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἑκῠροῦ toû hekŭroû |
τοῖν ἑκῠροῖν toîn hekŭroîn |
τῶν ἑκῠρῶν tôn hekŭrôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἑκῠρῷ tōî hekŭrōî |
τοῖν ἑκῠροῖν toîn hekŭroîn |
τοῖς ἑκῠροῖς toîs hekŭroîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἑκῠρόν tòn hekŭrón |
τὼ ἑκῠρώ tṑ hekŭrṓ |
τοὺς ἑκῠρούς toùs hekŭroús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἑκῠρέ hekŭré |
ἑκῠρώ hekŭrṓ |
ἑκῠροί hekŭroí | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ἑκῠρά (hekŭrá)
Further reading
- “ἑκυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἑκυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἑκυρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἑκυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἑκυρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἑκυρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)