Assertion: niece | /r/HasProperty | daughter
Facets:
value: for neptis
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: more properly
type: DEGREE
value: for "nepos"
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
Source sentences:
text: In classical Latin, it seems that a nephew or niece was more properly referred to as simply the son or daughter of a brother or sister, for "nepos" and "neptis" first meant grandchildren; but both were extended to mean what their derivatives do today.