hetairos
hetairos noun: a companion of an ancient Greek king, as a member of the aristocracy and later elite cavalry.
Noun
hetairos (plural hetairoi)
- A companion of an ancient Greek king, as a member of the aristocracy and later elite cavalry.
- Further, the members of an hetaireia may aid an hetairos to fight his adversaries, to intimidate his victims from seeking legal satisfaction, or simply to provide him with the opportunity to carry on the amenities or frivolities of social life. […] The Hetairoi, basically, are a group of people of...1962, George John Stagakis, Sr., Institutional Aspects of the Hetairos Relation, Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin–Madison, →OCLC, pages vi and 116
- At the time of Kleisthenes’ reform certainly, and I believe consistently thereafter, Aristeides was a hetairos of the Alkmeonidai¹¹⁹. […] The reconciliation was cemented by the marriage of Kimon to Alkmeonid Isodike and of Kallias Lakkoploutos, hetairos of the Alkmeonidai⁴⁷, to Kimon’s half-sister...1972, P. J. Bicknell, Studies in Athenian Politics and Genealogy, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag GmbH, →OCLC, pages 37 and 94
Forms of hetairos
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Origin of hetairos
From Ancient Greek ἑταῖρος (hetaîros).
Questions about hetairos
- What does hetairos mean?
- Hetairos means a companion of an ancient Greek king, as a member of the aristocracy and later elite cavalry.
- What part of speech is hetairos?
- Hetairos is a noun.
- What is the plural of hetairos?
- The plural of hetairos is hetairoi.
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