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γαμβρός

gambros

son-in-law, brother-in-law (sister

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Where it lives

  • Exodus 14 · 5.91/10k
  • Judices (cod. Al.) 6 · 4.1/10k
  • Rhesus 2 · 3.72/10k
  • Suppliants 2 · 2.84/10k
  • Theogony 1 · 1.45/10k
  • Agamemnon 1 · 1.23/10k
  • Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
  • Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
  • Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
  • Iliad 11 · 0.99/10k
  • Esdras II 1 · 0.84/10k
  • Genesis 2 · 0.67/10k

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. γαμβρός · gambros — Beekes

γαμβρός [m.] ‘son-in-law, brother-in-law (sister’s husband)’ (11... eDER Rare and late: γαμβροτιδεύς ‘son of a γαμβρός᾽ (Iamb., after λεοντιδεύς, etc.), γαμβρεύω ‘form connections by marriage’ (LXX). *ETYM Outside Greek, one compares Skt. jamdtar- = Av. zamdatar- (with secondary -tar-); cf. Av. zdmaoiia- (< *-mavya-) ‘brother of the son-in-law’ and Skt. jami- ‘related’, fem. also … — [Beekes, s.v. γαμβρός, p. 306]

2. γαμβρός · gambros — Frisk

γαμβρός m. “Schwiegersohn, Eidam; Schwager’, post. auch ‘Schwiegervater’ und ‘Bräutigam’ (seit Il.).. — Seltene und späte Ableitungen: yaußoa “"Schwägerin’ (Pap.), γαμβροτιδεύς ‘Sohn eines γαμβρός (Tamb., nach Δλεοντιδεύς usw.), ydußora δῶρα ἢ δεῖπνα γαμβροῦ H., γαμβρεύω “sich verschwägern’ (LXX, J.). Zum Vergleich melden sich die Benennungen des Schwiegersohnes in anderen Sprachen, die indessen alle von γαμβρός … — [Frisk, s.v. γαμβρός, p. 319]

3. γαμβρός · gambros — Frisk

γαμβρός. Die Nebenform γαμερός (Pisidien, Phrygien; sp.) ist Neubildung nach revdegös. — Gegen Heranziehung von aind. järd- “Freier, Liebhaber’ mit Recht Szemerenyi Syncope 181. — [Frisk, s.v. γαμβρός, p. 2185]

4. γαμβρός · gambros — LSJ

connexion by marriage

connexion by marriage, Pi. N. 5.37, A. Ag. 708 (pl.): hence,

I son-in-law

son-in-law, Il. 6.249, Hdt. 5.30, 67, Democr. 272, E. Ph. 427, etc.

II brother-in-law, sisterʼs husband, wifeʼs brother

brother-in-law, i.e. sisterʼs husband, Il. 5.474, 13.464, Hdt. 1.73, etc.; or, wifeʼs brother, S. OT 70.

III father-in-law

= πενθερός, father-in-law, E. Hipp. 635, Andr. 641, LXX Ex. 3.1.

IV bridegroom, wooer

Dor. and Aeol., bridegroom, wooer, Sapph. 103, Pi. P. 9.116, Theoc. 18.49, 15.129, Arat. 248. (Cf. Skt. jārá- (from ĝṃró- ‘lover’.)

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. γαμβρός (scan p. 306; entry #1381). Root candidates: *gomo-.
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. γαμβρός (scan p. 319; entry #1238).

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