ἑταῖρος

Ancient Greek

noun
Definitions
  • comrade, companion, partner, friend
  • pupil, disciple
  • member of a religious guild
  • (rarely) lover, member of a pair of lovers
  • (in the plural) the guards i.e. the cavalry of the Macedonian kings
  • (as an adjective) associate of

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *swé (self, oneself, separate, reflexive pronoun, apart, without, by oneself, away, aside).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*swé

Gloss

self, oneself, separate, reflexive pronoun, apart, without, by oneself, away, aside

Concept
Semantic Field

Kinship

Ontological Category

Other

Kanji

自, 己

Emoji

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