ἑαυτοῦ + κῦρος
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
ἑκυρός
Word-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
hekuros
English translation (word)
father-in-law
Transliteration (Etymon)
heautou + kuros
English translation (etymon)
himself + authority
Century
12 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Comm. Il., vol. 2, p. 336-337
Ed.
M. van der Valk, Eustathii archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem pertinentes, vols. 1-4, Leiden: Brill, 1:1971; 2:1976; 3:1979; 4:1987
Quotation
Ἑκυρὸς δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς μέν ἐστι τῷ πενθερῷ. Λέγεται δὲ ἑκυρὸς μέν, ὡς εἰς ἕ, ἤτοι εἰς ἑαυτόν, ἔχων τὴν κύρην ἢ τὸ τῆς ἀγχιστείας κῦρος
Translation (En)
Hekuros means the same as pentheros "father-in-law". And hekuros comes from the fact that he has for himself (eis he), the kurē, or the authority (kuros) of family relationships
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Old word inherited from PIE *swek̑uro-, matching Ved. śváśura-, Lat. socer, OHG swehur (Beekes, EDG)
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology, which seems to be designed as an improvement of the older one by κόρη "maid" (see ἑκυρός / ἕ + κόρη). The word κύρη, a hapax, may be a form invented by Eustathius for the sake of the etymology (because of the feminine ἑκυρή "mother-in-law"?). It is immediately glossed by the existing word κῦρος "authority". The father-in-law, as head of the οἶκος, has authority on all the members of the οἶκος, including the bride who joins the family