ἑκυρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swéḱuros. Cognates include Sanskrit श्वशुर (śvaśura), Old Armenian սկեսուր (skesur), Latin socer, Albanian vjehërr, Russian свёкор (svjókor), Old English sweor.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /he.ky.rós/ → /e.cyˈros/ → /e.ciˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /he.ky.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)e.kyˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.cyˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.cyˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.ciˈros/

Noun

ἑκῠρός • (hekurós) m (genitive ἑκῠροῦ); second declension

1. father-in-law

   Synonym: πενθερός (pentherós)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἑκῠρός; τοῦ ἑκῠροῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἑκῠρός ho hekurós	τὼ ἑκῠρώ tṑ hekurṓ	οἱ ἑκῠροί hoi hekuroí
Genitive	τοῦ ἑκῠροῦ toû hekuroû	τοῖν ἑκῠροῖν toîn hekuroîn	τῶν ἑκῠρῶν tôn hekurôn
Dative	τῷ ἑκῠρῷ tôi hekurôi	τοῖν ἑκῠροῖν toîn hekuroîn	τοῖς ἑκῠροῖς toîs hekuroîs
Accusative	τὸν ἑκῠρόν tòn hekurón	τὼ ἑκῠρώ tṑ hekurṓ	τοὺς ἑκῠρούς toùs hekuroús
Vocative	ἑκῠρέ hekuré	ἑκῠρώ hekurṓ	ἑκῠροί hekuroí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἑκῠρά (hekurá)

Further reading

• “ἑκυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἑκυρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἑκυρός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἑκυρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἑκυρός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἑκυρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)