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Headword:
*kasi/gnhtos
Adler number: kappa,452
Translated headword: brother
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Meaning] a legitimate male sibling.[1]
More generally relatives [are called]
kasi/gnhtoi:
Homer called cousins
kasi/gnhtoi.[2]
"Hector [you are my] brother."[3]
Greek Original:*kasi/gnhtos: a)delfo\s gnh/sios. *kasi/gnhtoi koino/teron oi( suggenei=s: o( de\ *(/omhros tou\s a)neyiou\s ei)=pe kasignh/tous. *(/ektwr de\ kasi/gnhtos.
Notes:
[1] (cf.
kappa 456.) The noun in the gloss is in fact the standard classical-period term for brother; cf.
alpha 441,
alpha 442.
[2] From a scholion on
Homer,
Iliad 15.545 (web address 1).
[3]
Homer,
Iliad 6.430 (web address 2); here Andromache is speaking figuratively.
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: definition; epic; gender and sexuality; imagery; mythology; women
Translated by: Catharine Roth on 8 November 2005@20:55:19.
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