noun · femininethird declension
glōs
glōs f (genitive glōris)
Classical[ˈɡɫoːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɡlɔs]
Meaning
- Classical Latinthe sister of one’s husband, one’s sister-in-law
Glos, viri soror, a Graeco γαλόως.
1839 [8th century CE], Paulus Diaconus, edited by Karl Otfried Müller, Excerpta ex libris Pompeii Festi De significatione verborum, page 98, line 5: - Late LatinMedieval Latinthe wife of one’s brother, one’s sister-in-law
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | glōs | glōrēs |
| genitive | glōris | glōrum |
| dative | glōrī | glōribus |
| accusative | glōrem | glōrēs |
| ablative | glōre | glōribus |
| vocative | glōs | glōrēs |
glos, glōris, f. Gr. γάλοως, Att. γάλως,
I. a husband's sister, sister-in-law.
I. Lit., Dig. 38, 10, 4, § 6; Paul. ex Fest. p. 98 Müll.; Charis. p. 27; Aus. Idyll. monos. de hist. 13.—
II. Acc. to Non. 557, 6, also for fratria, but without an example.
Origins
From the Proto-Indo-European *ǵl̥h₂ōws (“sister-in-law”). Cognates include Ancient Greek γᾰ́λως (gắlōs), Old Church Slavonic зълъва (zŭlŭva) (whence Russian золо́вка (zolóvka)), Phrygian γέλαρος (gélaros), and Old Armenian տալ (tal).