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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr. Cognates include Sanskrit देवृ (devṛ́), Lithuanian dieveris, Latin lēvir and Old Armenian տայգր (taygr).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /daː.ɛ̌ːr/ → /ðaˈir/ → /ðaˈir/
Noun
δᾱήρ • (dāḗr) m (genitive δᾱέρος); third declension
- husband's brother, brother-in-law
Inflection
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 (2006–2024)