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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=inherited|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=ine-pro *ǵm̥-ro-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈɡɛ.nɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈd͡ʒɛː.ner]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''gener''' ''m'' (genitive generī); second declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Accius has the archaic dative plural ''generibus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*g(e)mro-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*ǵm̥-ro-|t=son-in-law]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains the Latin form through ⟨*gemros⟩ > ⟨*genros⟩, with the nasal assimilated to the following /r/;^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) the TLL and the OLD start from ⟨*gemeros⟩, changed by the influence of [[m|la|gēns]], [[m|la|genitor]] and [[m|la|gignō]].^(TLL)^(OLD 2012)

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+ Cognate with [[grc|γαμβρός|tr=gambrós|t=son-in-law]], [[ae|zāmātar-|t=son-in-law]] and [[sq|dhëndër|t=son-in-law, bridegroom]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler first records it in Ennius;^(Köbler 2010) de Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who has ''meī virī gener'', “my husband's son-in-law”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Gener'' is a daughter's husband, a son-in-law (Cicero: sons-in-law do not bathe with their fathers-in-law).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin also uses it for a brother-in-law.^(Stelten 1995) In medieval Latin it could be a sister's husband, a wife's brother, and even a father-in-law.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''meī virī gener''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 170–c. 90 BC – Accius has the dative ''generibus''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero: ''cum socerīs generī nōn lavantur''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|son-in-law]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical and Medieval Latin)'' A [[m|en|brother-in-law]].^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A father-in-law.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[prōgener]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[socer]]

+ * [[nurus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}