γαμβρός

• γαβρός (gabrós), γαμρός (gamrós), γαββρός (gabbrós), γαμερός (gamerós)

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵem- (“to marry”). Cognate with Sanskrit जामातृ (jā́mātṛ), Avestan 𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (zāmātar).^[1]

γαμβρός • (gambrós) m (genitive γαμβροῦ); second declension

1. son-in-law
2. brother-in-law
3. father-in-law
4. bridegroom
5. in general, any connection by marriage

• Greek: γαμπρός (gamprós)

• “γαμβρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γαμβρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “γαμβρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• γαμβρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γαμβρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• γαμβρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “γαμβρός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • brother-in-law idem, page 101.
  • father-in-law idem, page 310.
  • kinsman idem, page 470.
  • relation idem, page 689.
  • son-in-law idem, page 793.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γαμβρός (gambrós). Compare to γαμπρός (gamprós).

• IPA^(key): /ɣamˈvɾos/
• Hyphenation: γαɱ‧βρός

γαμβρός • (gamvrós) m (plural γαμβροί)

1. (obsolete) dated form of γαμπρός (gamprós), used in few learned compounds

• Words with γαμβρός - Anastasiadi-Symeonidi, Anna (2003). Αντίστροφο λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής. The Reverse Index of Modern Greek @greek-language.gr