ἐνάτηρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁yenh₂tēr. Cognates include Latin janitrīcēs, Sanskrit यातृ (yātṛ), Old Armenian ներ (ner) and Old Church Slavonic ꙗтрꙑ (jatry).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἐνάτηρ • (enátēr) f (genitive εἰνάτερος); third declension

  1. brother’s wife
  2. the wife of husband’s brother: sister-in-law, co-sister-in-law

Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ἐνᾰ́τηρ; τῆς εἰνᾰ́τερος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Plural
Nominative ἡ ἐνᾰ́τηρ
hē enátēr		 αἱ εἰνᾰ́τερες
hai eináteres
Genitive τῆς εἰνᾰ́τερος
tês eináteros		 τῶν εἰνᾰτέρων
tôn einatérōn
Dative τῇ ἐνατρί
têi enatrí		 ταῖς εἰνᾰ́τερσῐ / εἰνᾰ́τερσῐν
taîs einátersi(n)
Accusative τὴν εἰνᾰ́τερᾰ
tḕn einátera		 τᾱ̀ς εἰνᾰ́τερᾰς
tā̀s eináteras
Vocative εἴνατερ
eínater		 εἰνᾰ́τερες
eináteres
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Not actually attested in all forms. The accusative singular and plural as well as the dative and vocative plural are conjectural.

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