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Headword:
*khdesth/s
Adler number: kappa,1487
Translated headword: in-law
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] the male relative by marriage, or a penqero/s.[1]
But not only he who gives [in marriage]; he who takes, also. "You ought not to hide it, being my [son-]in-law".[2]
Greek Original:*khdesth/s: o( kat' e)pigambri/an oi)kei=os, h)\ penqero/s. ou) mo/non de\ o( didou/s, a)lla\ kai\ o( lamba/nwn. ou) xrh=n se kru/ptein o)/nta khdesth\n e)mo/n.
Notes:
[1] There is no simple way in English of distinguishing this word from the headword. (And both have the ambiguity indicated here: father-in-law, son-in-law, brother-in-law.) cf.
pi 963; also
epsilon 272,
epsilon 703,
iota 409,
sigma 894.
[2]
Aristophanes,
Thesmophoriazousai 74 (web address 1), preceded by comment from the
scholia there.
Web address 1
Keywords: comedy; daily life; definition; law
Translated by: David Whitehead on 19 July 2001@06:31:42.
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