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|Definition=έρος, ὁ, voc. [[δᾶερ]], <span class="bibl">Il.3.180</span>,<span class="bibl">6.344</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.135</span>: dat. written <b class="b3">τῷ δαιρι</b> (sic) <span class="title">JHS</span>37.105, cf. <span class="title">BCH</span>8.382, Buresch <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[Aus Lydien]] 116:— <b class="b2">husband's brother, brother-in-law</b>: gen. pl. as disyll., δαέρων ἢ γαλόων <span class="bibl">Il.24.769</span>. (Cf. Skt. <b class="b2">devár-</b>, Lith. gen. sg. <b class="b2">diever̃s</b>, Slav. <b class="b2">dèverǐ</b>, Lat. <b class="b2">lēvir</b>.) </span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">husbands brother, brother-in-law</b>.<br />Other forms: Acc. <b class="b3">-έρα</b>, voc. [[δᾶερ]], gen. pl. <b class="b3">δαέρων Ω</b> 769 (verse initial) and 762 (Il.), hellenist. and late also acc. and dat. sg. [[δαῖρα]], [[δαιρί]], nom. pl. [[δέρες]] (Lydia), gen. sg. [[δῆρος]] (Bithynia).<br />Derivatives: Perhaps [[Δάειρα]], s.v.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] <b class="b2">*deh₂i-uer</b> <b class="b2">brother-in-law</b><br />Etymology: Old relative term, agreeing with Skt. <b class="b2">devár-</b>, Arm. [[taygr]], Lith. <b class="b2">diever-ìs</b>, OCS <b class="b2">děver-ь</b>; so from <b class="b3">*δαιϜήρ</b> (so [[δαιρί]] from <b class="b3">*δαιϜρί</b> and <b class="b3">*δαιϜρῶν</b> for metrically impossible [[δαέρων]]?; see Schwyzer 266 und 568). Lat. [[lēvir]] was transformed after [[vir]], and with [[Sabine]] <b class="b2">l-</b> for <b class="b2">d-</b> and [[ē]] from the general language for [[ae]]. Also the Germ. word, OHG [[zeihhur]], OE [[tācor]], with unfitting velar, was influenced by another word (to Lith. <b class="b2">láigonas</b> [[brother of the wife]]?).