levir
English
Usage notes
- Used in reference to levirate marriages.
Ido
Latin
Alternative forms
- laevir
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *daiwēr, from Proto-Indo-European *dayh₂wḗr (“one's brother-in-law”), with its ending altered under the influence of vir (“man”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈleː.wir/, [ˈɫeː.wɪr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈle.vir/, [ˈleː.vir]
Inflection
Second declension, nominative singular in -r.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | lēvir | lēvirī |
Genitive | lēvirī | lēvirōrum |
Dative | lēvirō | lēvirīs |
Accusative | lēvirum | lēvirōs |
Ablative | lēvirō | lēvirīs |
Vocative | lēvir | lēvirī |
References
- De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 336
- levir in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- levir in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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