γαμβρός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- γαβρός (gabrós), γαμρός (gamrós), γαββρός (gabbrós), γαμερός (gamerós)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ǵem-. Cognates include Sanskrit जामातृ (jāmātṛ), Old Persian *𐎭𐎠𐎶𐎠𐎫𐎼- (*d-a-m-a-t-r- /dāmātar-/), and Avestan 𐬰𐬁𐬨𐬁𐬙𐬀𐬭 (zāmātar).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡam.brós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡamˈbros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣamˈbros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣamˈbros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣamˈbros/
Noun
γαμβρός • (gambrós) m (genitive γαμβροῦ); second declension
- son-in-law
- brother-in-law
- father-in-law
- bridegroom
- in general, any connection by marriage
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ γαμβρός; τοῦ γαμβροῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ γαμβρός ho gambrós | τὼ γαμβρώ tṑ gambrṓ | οἱ γαμβροί hoi gambroí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ γαμβροῦ toû gambroû | τοῖν γαμβροῖν toîn gambroîn | τῶν γαμβρῶν tôn gambrôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ γαμβρῷ tôi gambrôi | τοῖν γαμβροῖν toîn gambroîn | τοῖς γαμβροῖς toîs gambroîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν γαμβρόν tòn gambrón | τὼ γαμβρώ tṑ gambrṓ | τοὺς γαμβρούς toùs gambroús | ||||||||||
Vocative | γαμβρέ gambré | γαμβρώ gambrṓ | γαμβροί gambroí | ||||||||||
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Second declension of γαμβρός; γαμβροῦ (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | γαμβρός gambrós | γαμβρώ gambrṓ | γαμβροί gambroí | ||||||||||
Genitive | γαμβροῦ / γαμβροῖο / γαμβρόο gambroû / gambroîo / gambróo | γαμβροῖῐν gambroîin | γαμβρῶν gambrôn | ||||||||||
Dative | γαμβρῷ gambrôi | γαμβροῖῐν gambroîin | γαμβροῖσῐ / γαμβροῖσῐν / γαμβροῖς gambroîsi(n) / gambroîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | γαμβρόν gambrón | γαμβρώ gambrṓ | γαμβρούς gambroús | ||||||||||
Vocative | γαμβρέ gambré | γαμβρώ gambrṓ | γαμβροί gambroí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: γαμπρός (gamprós)
Further reading
- “γαμβρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γαμβρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “γαμβρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- γαμβρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γαμβρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- γαμβρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “γαμβρός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- brother-in-law idem, page 101.
- father-in-law idem, page 310.
- kinsman idem, page 470.
- relation idem, page 689.
- son-in-law idem, page 793.
Greek
Noun
γαμβρός • (gamvrós) m (plural γαμβροί)
- (learned) Alternative form of γαμπρός (gamprós)
Declension
declension of γαμβρός
case \\ number | singular | plural |
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nominative | γαμβρός • | γαμβροί • |
genitive | γαμβρού • | γαμβρών • |
accusative | γαμβρό • | γαμβρούς • |
vocative | γαμβρέ • | γαμβροί • |