uncle

From LSJ

τούτων γάρ ἑκάτερον κοινῷ ὀνόματι προσαγορεύεται ζῷον, καί ὁ λόγος δέ τῆς οὐσίας ὁ αὐτός → and these are univocally so named, inasmuch as not only the name, but also the definition, is the same in both cases (Aristotle, Categoriae 1a8-10)

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English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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substantive

P. and V. θεῖος, ὁ (Euripides, Orestes 674; Iphigenia in Tauris 930).

Also father's brother: P. πατράδελφος, ὁ.