κασίγνητος
kasignetos
brother
Appears 47 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κασίγνητος, ὁ, (κάσις, γενέσθαι, cf. γνήσιος) A. brother, Od. 8.585, IG 9(1).867.6 (Corc., prob. vi B.C.), etc.; esp. of those born from the same mother, κ. καὶ ὄπατρον Il. 11.257: later as fem., sister, τώδε τὼ κασιγνήτω these two sisters, El. 977, cf. Ps.- Philopatr. 11: in more general sense, cousin, κ. τε ἔται τε Il. 16.456, cf. 15.545: Astrol., Gemini, ap. 3.36. II. as Adj., κασίγνητος, η, ον, brotherly, sisterly, κασίγνητον κάρα Ant. 899,915,El. 1164, dub. l. in Or. 294; κασιγνήτοιο φόνοιο a brotherʼs murder, Il. 9.567. (Mostly poet.; also Aeol., Supp. 1.2 (prob.), IG 12(2).526d19 (Eresus), and , Inscr.Cypr. 135.3 H. (Idalion): Thess. κατίγνειτος IG 9(2).894 (Larissa).)
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