oneʼs fatherʼs, motherʼs brother, uncle
oneʼs fatherʼs or motherʼs brother, uncle, E. IT 930, Ar. Nu. 124, And. 1.18, 117, Pl. Chrm. 154b, Men. 5 D., etc.; ὁ πρὸς μητρὸς θ. Is. 5.10; πρὸς πατρός Ph. 2.172. (Cf. τήθη.)
The corpus record
θεῖος
theios2 · ὁ
oneʼs fatherʼs
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What it meant — LSJ
Where it came from
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