χηρωσταί
χηρ-ωσταί, ῶν, οἱ,
A). far-off kinsmen, who seize and divide among themselves the property of one who dies without heirs (χῆρος) , χηρωσταὶ δὲ διὰ κτῆσιν δατέοντο , cf. 5.158 Th. 607 (v. Sch. ad loc.), , 8.299 , = οἱ μακρόθεν (or πόρρωθεν) συγγενεῖς (also expld. = ὀρφανιστής , one who acts as a guardian to widows and orphans, ). (Compd. of 533.30 χηρο- 'abandoned' and -ωστᾱ- from -ω-δ-τᾱ-, nomen agentis of ω-δ-, cf. Skt. ā´ dā- 'receive'; and Lat. hērēd- (ĝhēro + ē-d-).)