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κασίγνητος

kasignetos

brother (of the same mother)

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What it meant

1. κασίγνητος · kasignētos — Beekes

κασίγνητος [m.] ‘brother (of the same mother)’ (IL). «IE *kmt-i- + *gnh,-to- ‘born together’> VAR Kaotyvitn [f.] ‘sister, cousin’ also Corc., Cypr., Lesb. (cf. Bowra JHS 54 (1934): 65), Thess. κατίγνειτος [m.]. *COMP αὐτο-κασίγνητος (1].), -τη (κ 137), πατρο-κασίγνητος, -ἥτη ‘uncle, aunt’ (Hom.), ματρο-κασιγνῆται [Ρ].] ‘uterine sister’ (A. Eu. 962); συγ-κασιγνήτη ‘(own) sister’ (E. IT 800). 654 κασκάνδιξ *DER Short … — [Beekes, s.v. κασίγνητος, p. 700]

2. κασίγνητος · kasignētos — Chantraine

κασίγνητος : m., κασιγνήτη ἴ, (Homm., poètes, depuis l'Iliade, chypriote, lesb.), thess. κατίγνειτος (1G IX 2,894) « frère, sœur »: le mot est devenu un équivalent « poétique » de ἀδελφός, mais certains emplois homériques indiquent que κασίγνητος peut désigner le frère, et le cousin germain du côté mâle, ce qui constitue un archaïsme, voir notamment J1 15,545 et Chantraine, BSL 55, 1960, 27-31. Cette signification … — [Chantraine, s.v. κασίγνητος, p. 517]

3. κασίγνητος · kasignētos — Frisk

κασίγνητος m., κασιγνήτη f. (ep. poet. seit Il., auch kork., kypr., lesb.; vgl. Bowra JournofHellStud. 54, 65), thess. κατίγνειτος m. “Bruder, Schwester (von derselben Mutter), Vetter, Base’. Kompp.: αὐτο-κασίγνητος (I.), -Arn (ep. poet. seit x 137) “leiblicher Bruder, Schwester’, πατρο-κασίγνητος, «τη “Oheim, Tante (Hom. u.a.), ματρο-κασιγνῆται pl. ‘Schwester mütterlicherseits (Ὁ) (A. Eu. 962); ovy-xaoıγνήτη … — [Frisk, s.v. κασίγνητος, p. 829]

4. κασίγνητος · kasignētos — Frisk

κασίγνητος. Einzelheiten zur Bed. bei Chantraine BSL 55 (1960) 27 ff. — Lejeune ebd. 20-26 vergleicht ansprechend das Vorderglied mit heth. katft)i- "mit, bei’ (vgl. lat. cognätus), wozu nach Pisani KZ 77 (1961) 246-251 auch kypr. κάς und καί (s.d. Nachtr.). Lejeune zieht noch heran myk. ka-si-ko-no Bed. unsicher (“apprenti, compagnon’?; zu διάκονος, ἐγπκονέω). Zum „achäischen‘“ Ursprung von κασίγνητος Ruijgh … — [Frisk, s.v. κασίγνητος, p. 2247]

5. κᾰσίγνητ-ος · kasignēt-os — LSJ

brother, born from the same mother, sister, sisters, cousin, Gemini

brother, Od. 8.585, IG 9(1).867.6 (Corc., prob. vi B.C.), etc.; esp. of those born from the same mother, κ. καὶ ὄπατρον Il. 11.257: later as fem., sister, τώδε τὼ κασιγνήτω these two sisters, S. El. 977, cf. Ps.-Luc. Philopatr. 11: in more general sense, cousin, κ. τε ἔται τε Il. 16.456, cf. 15.545: Astrol., Gemini, Doroth. ap. Heph.Astr. 3.36.

II brotherly, sisterly, brotherʼs

as Adj., κασίγνητος, η, ον, brotherly, sisterly, κασίγνητον κάρα S. Ant. 899, 915, El. 1164, dub. l. in E. Or. 294; κασιγνήτοιο φόνοιο a brotherʼs murder, Il. 9.567. (Mostly poet.; also Aeol., Sapph. Supp. 1.2 (prob.), IG 12(2).526d19 (Eresus), and Cypr., Inscr.Cypr. 135.3 H. (Idalion): Thess. κατίγνειτος IG 9(2).894 (Larissa).)

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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. κασίγνητος (scan pp. 700-701; entry #2971). Root candidates: *katTi-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. κασίγνητος (scan p. 517; entry #3712).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. κασίγνητος (scan pp. 829-830; entry #2836). Root candidates: *aöro-.

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