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Κασίγνητος · brother (κ 452) · Suda

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Near κ452

κ448I will debauch
κ449Kassandra, Cassandra
κ450in knocking-shops or in whorehouses
κ451Kassia, Cassia, Keziah
κ452brother
κ453Kassiepeia, Cassiepia
κ454Kasian mountain
κ455Kassiope, Cassiope
κ456brother

Suda/Κ kappa/κ452

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Κασίγνητος

brother

Translated by Catharine Roth8 Nov 2005Vetting: high4 revisions

definition
epic
gender and sexuality
imagery
mythology
women

2 notes · 20 words

Translation

[Meaning] a legitimate male sibling.¹
More generally relatives [are called] kasi/gnhtoi: Homer called cousins kasi/gnhtoi.²
"Hector [you are my] brother."³

Greek original · Adler’s text

Κασίγνητος· ἀδελφὸς γνήσιος. Κασίγνητοι κοινότερον οἱ συγγενεῖς· ὁ δὲ Ὅμηρος τοὺς ἀνεψιοὺς εἶπε κασιγνήτους. Ἕκτωρ δὲ κασίγνητος.

Betacode

*kasi/gnhtos: a)delfo\s gnh/sios. *kasi/gnhtoi koino/teron oi( suggenei=s: o( de\ *(/omhros tou\s a)neyiou\s ei)=pe kasignh/tous. *(/ektwr de\ kasi/gnhtos.

Notes (2)

[1] (cf. kappa 456.) The noun in the gloss is in fact the standard classical-period term for brother; cf. alpha 441, alpha 442.
2From a scholion on Homer, Iliad 15.545 (web address 1). ↩
3Homer, Iliad 6.430 (web address 2); here Andromache is speaking figuratively.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Web address 2 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from2 entries

κ456Κάσιςbrother[ka/sis means the same as] a)delfo/s.
κ567Κατακᾶσαkatakasa, whore[Meaning she who is] lewd, or deserving to be burned up. Or [sc. so called] because ka/son [is] the man's sperm. Whence also [comes] kasi/gnhtos ["brother"].

Neighbouring entries

κ450Κασαυρίοις ἢ Κασαλβίοιςin knocking-shops or in whorehouses κ451ΚασσίαKassia, Cassia, Keziah κ452Κασίγνητοςbrother κ453ΚασσιέπειαKassiepeia, Cassiepia κ454Κάσιον ὄροςKasian mountain

Revision history4 revisions · last 18 Apr 2019

18 Apr 2019cosmeticule — Catharine Roth
14 Apr 2013upgraded links — Catharine Roth
28 Jan 2013expanded n.1; more keywords; tweaking — David Whitehead
9 Nov 2005another keyword — David Whitehead
8 Nov 2005Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Κασίγνητος (Adler number kappa 452), trans. Catharine Roth, 8 Nov 2005. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/kappa/452

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗