Scaife ATLAS

ἐπί-κληροςουfκλῆρος at Athenswoman who is assigned to a heritable estateheiressAr. Att.orats. Pl. Arist. Men. Plu.The term is applied to a female descendant of a man dying without a legitimate male heir. The estate passes into the control of her husband (or, if she is unmarried, the nearest male relative who claims her in marriage) until a son born to them comes of age to inherit. gener., ref. to a Spartan womaninheritorw.gen. of a large estatePlu.

ShortDef

an heiress

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Headword:

ἐπίκληρος

Headword (normalized):

ἐπίκληρος

Headword (normalized/stripped):

επικληρος

IDX:

14458

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-14459

Key:

ἐπίκληρος

Data

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