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

 

• IPA^(key): /e.ná.tɛːr/ → /eˈna.tir/ → /eˈna.tir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.ná.tɛːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈna.te̝r/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈna.tir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈna.tir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈna.tir/

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.

Further reading

• “ἐνάτηρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐνάτηρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐνάτηρ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)