κασιγνητ-

κασίγνητε, κασίγνητος

brother: masc voc sg

κασίγνηται, κασιγνήτη

sister: fem nom /voc pl

κᾰσιγνήτ-η, ἡ, fem. of κασίγνητος,

A sister, Il.4.441, etc.; dual

- τα A.Pers. 185

: metaph., συκῆ ἀμπέλου κ. Hippon.34, cf. 70A;

λάγυνε,.. κ. νεκταρέης κύλικος AP6.248

(Marc. Arg.):—Cypr. [full] κασινήτα Gött.Nachr. 1914.95, and [full] καἱνίτα (q.v.): [dialect] Aeol. [full] κασιγνήτα Sapph. Supp.1.9 (prob.).

κᾰσιγνητ-ικός, ή, όν,

A brotherly or sisterly, Eust.775.2.

κᾰσίγνητ-ος, ὁ, (κάσις, γενέσθαι, cf. γνήσιος)

A brother, Od.8.585, IG9(1).867.6 (Corc., prob. vi B.C.), etc.; esp. of those born from the same mother,

κ. καὶ ὄπατρον Il.11.257

: later as fem., sister, τώδε τὼ κασιγνήτω these two sisters, S.El. 977, cf. Ps.-Luc.Philopatr.11: in more general sense, cousin,

κ. τε ἔται τε Il.16.456

, cf. 15.545: Astrol., Gemini, Doroth. ap. Heph.Astr.3.36.

II as Adj., κασίγνητος, η, ον, brotherly, sisterly,

κασίγνητον κάρα S.Ant. 899

, 915,El. 1164, dub. l. in E.Or. 294; κασιγνήτοιο φόνοιο a brother's murder, Il.9.567. (Mostly poet.; also [dialect] Aeol., Sapph.Supp.1.2 (prob.), IG12(2).526d19 ([place name] Eresus), and Cypr., Inscr.Cypr.135.3 H. ([place name] Idalion): Thess. [full] κατίγνειτος IG9(2).894 ([place name] Larissa).)

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `brother, sister (of the same mother), cousin' (Il.).

Other forms: κασιγνήτη f. also Corc., Cypr., Lesb.; cf. Bowra JournofHellStud. 54, 65), Thess. κατίγνειτος m.

Compounds: Compp.: αὑτο-κασίγνητος (Il.), - ήτη (κ 137), πατρο-κασίγνητος, - ήτη `uncle, aunt' (Hom.), ματρο-κασιγνῆται pl. `sister through the mother (?)' (A. Eu. 962); συγ-κασιγνήτη `(own) sister' (E. IT 800).

Derivatives: Short form (s. below) κάσις, (- ιος) m. f. `id.' (trag., Call., Nic.), σύγ-κασις `(own) sister'(E. Alk. 410 [lyr.]). Also κάσιοι (for - ιες?) οἱ ἐκ τῆς αὑτῆς ἀγέλης ἀδελφοί τε καὶ ἀνεψιοί. καὶ ἐπὶ θηλειῶν οὕτως ἔλεγον Λάκωνες. H.; cf. Leumann Hom. Wörter 307 w. n. 79, where κάσις, κασίγνητος with doubtful right are taken from the poetical language. Unclear are κασεν (Lacon. Knabeninschr.; s. Kretschmer Glotta 3, 270ff., Schwyzer 625 n. 5 [for καθ'ἕν?]) and καινίτα ἀδελφή, καινίτας ἀδελφοὺς καὶ ἀδελφάς H. (Cyprian \< κασιγνητ- [with itacism]?; s. v. Blumenthal Hesychst. 22).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [373] *ǵnh₁-tos + *km̥t-i- `born with (from the same mother)'

Etymology: Diff. Kuiper Glotta 21, 287: from κατα. So `born (also, together) from the (same) mother'. On κασι- \< *κατι- s. on καί. Ruijgh, Élément ach. 137f; Beekes, Development 219f.

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Not cultivated: P. and V. ἄγριος (also of animals).

Of country: P. ἄγροικος (Thuc. 3, 106).

Desolate: P. and V. ἐρῆμος; see Desolate.

Savage: P. and V. βάρβαρος, V. ἀνήμερος.

Fierce P. and V. ὠμός, ἄγριος, δεινός, σχέτλιος; see Savage.

Mad: P. and V. μανιώδης: see Mad.

Left at arge: P. and V. ἄφετος, ἀνειμένος.

Beastlike: P. and V. θηριώδης.

Ungovernable: Ar. and P. ἀκρατής, P. and V. ἀκόλαστος, ἀχάλινος, ἀνειμένος.

Of passions: P. and V. ἄκρατος.

Make wild, v. trans.: v. ἀγριοῦν, ἐξαγριοῦν.

Be made wild: P. and V. ἀγριοῦσθαι (Xen. also Ar.), ἐξαγριοῦσθαι Plat.), ἀπαγριοῦσθαι (Plat.).

Alas, brother, your eye grows wild: V. οἴμαι κασίγνητʼ ὄμμα σὸν ταράσσεται (Eur., Or. 253).