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lēvir

lēvir · m

a husband's brother, brother-inlaw

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What it meant

1. lēvir — Lewis & Short

lēvir, ĭri, m.for dēvir, kindred with Sanscr. dēvar, whence juvān = juvenis; Gr. dah/r,

I a husband's brother, brother-inlaw: viri frater levir est: apud Graecos dah\r appellatur, Dig. 38, 10, 4, § 6: levir dicitur frater mariti, quasi laevus vir, Non. 557, 8: levir est uxori meae frater meus (i. e. my brother is levir to my wife), Paul. ex Fest. p. 115 Müll. N. cr.

2. lévir — Walde–Hofmann

lévir (laec-), -z m. „des Mannes Bruder, Schwager“ (Paul. Fest. 115 est uzóri meae früter meus, Non. p. 557 quasi laevus vir, Dig.); aus "daiuer (& rustik, $ nach eir, Sommer Hb.* 71. 176) = ai. dérár- (Wackernagel-D. III 198) „Schwager“, gr. hom. dähp (*daıFnp), Akk. -épa, arm. taigr, Gen. taiger (Hübschmann Arm. St. 152. Árm. Gr. 496), r.-ksl. devers (jo-St.), lit. dieveris ds. (i-, £o- u. kons. St., Specht KZ. … — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. lévir, p. 819]

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