Ἀγχιστεύς

next-of-kin

Translated by David Mirhady · 11 May 1999 · Vetting: high · 6 revisions

Translation

Also [sc. attested is] a)gxistei/a ["closeness"], [meaning] kinship.¹
Also [sc. attested is] a)gxistei=s ["those who are close"], those from the siblings and cousins and uncles on the paternal and maternal sides nearest to the deceased.² Those beyond these [are] only "relatives" [sungeneis]. Those who by marriage are mixed in households are called "intimates" [oikeioi].

Greek original

Ἀγχιστεύς. καὶ Ἀγχιστεία, συγγένεια. καὶ Ἀγχιστεῖς, οἱ ἀπὸ ἀδελφῶν καὶ ἀνεψιῶν καὶ θείων κατὰ πατέρα καὶ μητέρα ἐγγυτάτω τοῦ τελευτήσαντος. οἱ δὲ ἔξω τούτων, συγγενεῖς μόνον. οἱ δὲ κατ' ἐπιγαμίαν μιχθέντες τοῖς οἴκοις οἰκεῖοι λέγονται.

Betacode

*)agxisteu/s. kai\ *)agxistei/a, sugge/neia. kai\ *)agxistei=s, oi( a)po\ a)delfw=n kai\ a)neyiw=n kai\ qei/wn kata\ pate/ra kai\ mhte/ra e)gguta/tw tou= teleuth/santos. oi( de\ e)/cw tou/twn, suggenei=s mo/non. oi( de\ kat' e)pigami/an mixqe/ntes toi=s oi)/kois oi)kei=oi le/gontai.

Notes (2)

The unglossed primary headword is the concrete noun a)gxisteu/s, literally one who is close. The entry goes on, first, to the cognate abstract noun (with a single-word gloss) and to the plural of the headword, which at last elicits a full definition: see further below.
See also alpha 408, alpha 409.
1Same glossing in other lexica; references at Photius alpha296 Theodoridis (which continues with the rest of this material). ↩
2"The statutorily defined group of kin who had both rights and duties in default of direct heirs": S.C. Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford 1993) 217.

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Linked from (2)

α408Ἀγχιστείαcloseness, being next of kin, right of inheritance α409Ἀγχιστίνδηνby closeness, by next-of-kin

Neighbours in Adler order

α404ἈγχίσηςAnchises, Ankhises α405Ἀγχίσποροιnear-seeded α406Ἄγχισταclosest, very close α407Ἀγχιστεύςnext-of-kin α408Ἀγχιστείαcloseness, being next of kin, right of inheritance α409Ἀγχιστίνδηνby closeness, by next-of-kin α410Ἀγχίστροφοιchangeable

Revisions (6)

19 Aug 2013David Whiteheadexpanded n.1
9 Jan 2012David Whiteheadtweaks and cosmetics
24 Jul 2001David Whiteheadmodified headword; added note and keywords; cosmetics
12 May 1999David Mirhady
11 May 1999David Mirhadytranslated

Translation

Greek original

Betacode

*)agxisteu/s. kai\ *)agxistei/a, sugge/neia. kai\ *)agxistei=s, oi( a)po\ a)delfw=n kai\ a)neyiw=n kai\ qei/wn kata\ pate/ra kai\ mhte/ra e)gguta/tw tou= teleuth/santos. oi( de\ e)/cw tou/twn, suggenei=s mo/non. oi( de\ kat' e)pigami/an mixqe/ntes toi=s oi)/kois oi)kei=oi le/gontai.

Notes (2)

The unglossed primary headword is the concrete noun a)gxisteu/s, literally one who is close. The entry goes on, first, to the cognate abstract noun (with a single-word gloss) and to the plural of the headword, which at last elicits a full definition: see further below.
See also alpha 408, alpha 409.

1Same glossing in other lexica; references at Photius alpha296 Theodoridis (which continues with the rest of this material). ↩

2"The statutorily defined group of kin who had both rights and duties in default of direct heirs": S.C. Todd, The Shape of Athenian Law (Oxford 1993) 217.