δαήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr. Cognates include Sanskrit देवृ (devṛ́), Lithuanian dieveris, Latin lēvir and Old Armenian տայգր (taygr).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /daː.ɛ̌ːr/ → /ðaˈir/ → /ðaˈir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /daː.ɛ̌ːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /daˈe̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðaˈir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðaˈir/

Noun

δᾱήρ • (dāḗr) m (genitive δᾱέρος); third declension

1. husband's brother, brother-in-law

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ δᾱήρ; τοῦ δᾱέρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δᾱήρ ho dāḗr	τὼ δᾱέρε tṑ dāére	οἱ δᾱέρες hoi dāéres
Genitive	τοῦ δᾱέρος toû dāéros	τοῖν δᾱέροιν toîn dāéroin	τῶν δᾱέρων tôn dāérōn
Dative	τῷ δᾱέρῐ tôi dāérĭ	τοῖν δᾱέροιν toîn dāéroin	τοῖς δᾱέρσῐ / δᾱέρσῐν toîs dāérsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν δᾱέρᾰ tòn dāéră	τὼ δᾱέρε tṑ dāére	τοὺς δᾱέρᾰς toùs dāérăs
Vocative	δᾶερ dâer	δᾱέρε dāére	δᾱέρες dāéres
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “δαήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δαήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “δαήρ”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δαήρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δαήρ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δαήρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)