κασίγνητος

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

• brother, Od. 8.585, IG 9(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 brotherʼs murder, Il. 9.567. (Mostly poet.; also Aeol., Sapph. Supp. 1.2 (prob.), IG 12(2).526d19 (Eresus), and Cypr., Inscr.Cypr. 135.3 H. (Idalion): Thess. κατίγνειτος IG 9(2).894 (Larissa).)

κασίγνητος, ὁ (vgl. κάσις), der (leibliche) Bruder, Il. 19.293 u. öfter ; Pind. u. Tragg. Uebh. naher Blutsverwandter, συγγενής, wie es Il. 15.545 Ἕκτωρ δὲ κασιγνήτοισι κέλευσε πᾶσι erkl. wurde u. 16.456, wo κασίγνητοί τε ἔται τε neben einander stehen.
Bei Luc. Philopatr. 11 ἡ κασίγνητος, die Schwester. – Als adj. brüderlich, geschwisterlich, ἀνδρῶν κασιγνήτων τε καὶ φυταλμίων Aesch. Ag. 327, κασίγνητον κάρα Soph. Ant. 906, vgl. Aj. 1155.

κασίγνητος

-ου, ὁ

[κάσις, brother + γνη- =(with metathesis) γεν-, γίγνομαι.]

• • 1
  • • a

      A brother, whether of the full or of the half blood: οἷο (sc. Ἀλεξάνδροιο) κασιγνήτοιο λυκάονος Il. 3.333 (sons of Priam, A. by Hecabe, while L.’s mother was Laothoë (Il. 22.46)), ἡ (sc. Ἀφροδίτη) κασιγνήτοιο (sc. Ἄρηος) ᾔτεεν ἵππους Il. 5.357 (they were children of Zeus, Ares by Here (Il. 5.892), Aphrodite by Dione (Il. 5.370)), σὺν γαμβροῖσι κασιγνήτοισί τε σοῖσιν 474 (sons of Priam by various mothers), Ἕκτωρ οὔ τι κασιγνήτῳ (sc. Ἑλένῳ) ἀπίθησεν Il. 6.102 (both sons of Priam and Hecabe), οὔτʼ αὐτῆς Ἑκάβης...οὔτε κασιγνήτων 452, κασίγνητός τοί εἰμι Il. 7.48 (Helenus to Hector), Αἴας οὐκ ἀμέλησε κασιγνήτοιο (sc. τεύκροιο) πεσόντος Il. 8.330 (they appear to have been full brothers (Il. 15.439) ; but see Il. 8.284 and also Il. 12.371 cited under 1.b, which imply no more than their having the same father), πένθος ἑ ὀφθαλμοὺς ἐκάλυψε κασιγνήτοιο (sc. Ἰφιδάμαντος) πεσόντος Il. 11.250 (brother of Coon; see 257 cited under 1.b. Both were sons of Antenor), Ἀκάμας ἀμφὶ κασιγνήτῳ (sc. Ἀρχελόχῳ) βεβαώς Il. 14.477 (both were sons of Antenor (Il. 2.823, Il. 12.100)), Ἕκτωρ δʼ ὡς ἐνόησε κασίγνητον Πολύδωρον Il. 20.419 (P.’s mother was Laothoë (Il. 22.46)). Cf. Il. 4.155, Il. 5.359, Il. 6.239, 421, 430, Il. 9.567, 632, Il. 14.473, 483, Il. 15.436, 466, Il. 16.320, 326, 456 = 674, Il. 19.293, Il. 24.793: Od. 3.39, Od. 6.155, Od. 7.4, Od. 8.546, 585, Od. 15.16, 237, 273, Od. 16.97, 115, Od. 18.140, Od. 21.216, Od. 24.434, 484.

      Of Sleep and Death Il. 14.231.

      Of two rivers Il. 21.308.

    • b

      With words defining the nature of the tie: Ἰφιδάμαντα κασίγνητον καὶ ὄπατρον Il. 11.257 (either, son of the same mother and father, or, taking ὄπατρος epexegetically, his brother, the son of his father), Τεῦκρός οἱ (sc. Αἴαντι) ἅμʼ ᾖε κ. καὶ ὄπατρος Il. 12.371 (see Il. 8.330 cited under a), ἠὲ κασίγνητον ὁμογάστριον ἠὲ καὶ υἱόν Il. 24.47.

  • 2

    App. in a wide sense, including cousins: Ἕκτωρ κασιγνήτοισι κέλευσε, πρῶτον δʼ Ἱκεταονίδην ἐνένιπε, Μελάνιππον Il. 15.545 (Hicetaon was brother to Priam (Il. 20.237)).

κᾰσίγνητος

• 1brother Ἀλκμήνας κασίγνητον νόθον Λικύμνιον O. 7.27 καὶ κασίγνητοί σφισιν ἀμφότεροι ἤλυθον P. 4.124 διδύμῳ σὺν κασιγνήτῳ N. 1.36 Κάστορος δʼ καὶ κασιγνήτου Πολυδεύκεος N. 10.50 εἰ δὲ κασιγνήτου πέρι μάρνασαι Kastor N. 10.85

κασίγνητος (κάσις, γίγνομαι): brother; of a cousin, Il. 15.545, Il. 16.456.

κασίγνητος κᾰσί-γνητος, ὁ, κάσις, γίγνομαι

• • Ia brother, Hom., etc.:—in more general sense, a cousin, Il.
  • IIas adj., κασίγνητος, η, ον, brotherly, sisterly, Soph., Eur.