glos

See also: głos and Glos

Latin

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European *ǵl̥h₂ów- (“sister-in-law”). Cognates include the Ancient Greek γάλως (gálōs), the Old Church Slavonic зълъва (zŭlŭva, whence the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Russian золо́вка, zolóvka), the Phrygian γέλαρος (gélaros), and the Old Armenian տալ (tal).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡloːs/, [ɡɫ̪oːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡlos/, [ɡlɔs]

Noun

1. (Classical Latin) the sister of one’s husband, one’s sister-in-law
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   • Glos, viri soror, a Graeco γαλόως.

2. (Late Latin and Medieval Latin) the wife of one’s brother, one’s sister-in-law
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Synonyms

• (wife of one’s brother): frātria (Classical)

References

• “glos”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 2. GLOS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• glōris glōs, glōris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 716/2.
• “glos”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• “glōs” on page 767/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “glos”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 470/2