θυγάτηρ
thygater
daughter
Appears 109 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
θυγάτηρ [ᾰ], ἡ, gen. θυγᾰτέρος contr. θυγατρός; dat. θυγᾰτέρι, θυγατρί; acc. θυγᾰτέρα Ep. θύγατρα Il. 1.13; voc. θύγᾰτερ: nom. pl. θυγατέρες, Ep. and lyr. θύγατρες 9.144, Supp. 20a.16: gen. pl. -τέρων IG 22.832.19, R. 461c, poet. -τρῶν: dat. pl. -τράσι Ep. -τέρεσσι Il. 15.197; both sets of forms are found in poetry, θυγατρός, -τρί, -τράσι are used in Prose:—A. daughter, Il. 9.148,290, Od. 4.4, etc.; θύγατρες ἵππων, of mules, 7; θ. ταύρων, of bees, Philo Tars. ap. 13.269: metaph., Μοισᾶν θυγατέρες, of Odes, N. 4.3; πλάστιγξ ἡ χαλκοῦ θ. 1.9D.; θ. Σειληνοῦ, of the vine, Caes. 25; ψήφου συμβολικῆς θ., of a λάγυνος, AP 6.248 (Marc. Arg.); of villages dependent on a city, Jd. 1.27, 1 Ma. 5.8. II. later, maidservant, slave, Ep. 142.3. [ῡ in Ep. in the longer forms, metri gr.] (Cf. Skt. duhitár-, Engl. daughter, etc.)
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