ῶν (οἱ) collatéraux qui héritent à défaut de plus proche parent, IL. 5, 158 ; HÉS. Th. 607 ; Q. SM. 8, 299.

Étym. χῆρος.

ῶν, οἱ, far-off kinsmen, who seize and divide among themselves the property of one who dies without heirs (< χῆρος), χηρωσταὶ δὲ διὰ κτῆσιν δατέοντο Il. 5.158, cf. Hes. Th. 607 (v. Sch. ad loc.), Q.S. 8.299, Hsch., = οἱ μακρόθεν (or πόρρωθεν) συγγενεῖς (also expld. = ὀρφανιστής, one who acts as a guardian to widows and orphans, Eust. 533.30). (Compd. of χηρο- ΄abandoned΄and -ωστα- from -ωδ-τα-, nomen agentis of ωδ-, cf. Skt. ā´ dā- ΄receive΄; and Lat. hērēd- (ĝhēro + ē-d-).)