γαμβρός

A. connexion by marriage, Pi. N. 5.37, A. Ag. 708 (pl.): hence,

I. son-in-law, Il. 6.249, Hdt. 5.30,67, Democr. 272, E. Ph. 427, etc.

II. brother-in-law, i.e. sister's husband, Il. 5.474, 13.464, Hdt. 1.73, etc.; or, wife's brother, S. OT 70.

III. = πενθερός, father-in-law, E. Hipp. 635, Andr. 641, LXX Ex. 3.1.

IV. Dor. and Aeol., bridegroom, wooer, Sapph. 103, Pi. P. 9.116, Theoc. 18.49, 15.129, Arat. 248. (Cf. Skt. jārá- (from ĝ[mmacrnull]ró- 'lover'.)