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ἑκυρός

ekuros

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1. ἑκυρός · hekyros — Beekes

ἑκυρός [m.] ‘father of the husband, father-in-law (I1.). <1£ *suekuro- father-in-law > *DER ἑκυρά, - ‘mother of the husband, mother-in-law (II.). Denominative Boeot. ἑκουρεύω ‘be father-in-law (Corinn.). *ETYM Old kinship term, preserved in many languages: Skt. Svdsura- (assimilated from *svas-), YAv. x’asura-, Lat. socer, OHG swehur, Lith. SéSuras (assimilated from *se5-), all of which are from IE *suékuro-; the … — [Beekes, s.v. ἑκυρός, p. 446]

2. ἑκυρός · hekyros — Frisk

ἑκυρός. Dat. Exveei (: *Exvgevs) Peek Griech. Versinschr. I 1422 (Syrien Ip). — Ausführlich über &xvods u. verw. Wörter in anderen Sprachen Szemerenyi Syncope 291-318; s. auch Otrebski Beitr. zur Indogerm. u. Keltologie 77. — [Frisk, s.v. ἑκυρός, p. 2210]

3. ἑκῠρ-ός · hekyr-os — LSJ

father-in-law

father-in-law, Il. 3.172, 24.770, also CIG 9136 (Cyrene), Jul. Or. 3.127c. [ῡ only in AP 14.9.] (I.-E. *swekuro-, cf. Skt. śváśuras, Lat. socer, etc.)

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  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἑκυρός (scan p. 446; entry #1974). Root candidates: *suekuro-, *svas-, *se5-.
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἑκυρός (scan p. 2210; entry #6976).

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