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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *snusós. Cognate to Sanskrit स्नुषा (snuṣā́), Latin nurus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ny.ós/ → /nyˈos/ → /niˈos/
Noun
νῠός • (nuós) f (genitive νῠοῦ); second declension
- daughter-in-law
- a bride, wife
Inflection
Further reading
- “νυός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “νυός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- νυός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- νυός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963