ἀέλιοι
ὑπακούσατε δεξάμεναι θυσίαν καὶ τοῖς ἱεροῖσι χαρεῖσαι → accept my sacrifice and enjoy these holy rites | hearken to our prayer, and receive the sacrifice, and be propitious to the sacred rites | hear my call, accept my sacrifice, and then rejoice in this holy offering I make
English (LSJ)
and αἰέλιοι, οἱ,
A lrothers-in-law. whose wives are sisters, Hsch. (αἴλιοι), Eust.648.45, EM31.24; cf. εἰλίονες.
German (Pape)
[Seite 41] οἱ, Schwäger, deren Frauen Schwestern sind, Hes.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ἀέλιοι: οἱ σύγγαμβροι, ὧν αἱ γυναῖκές εἰσιν ἀδελφαί· ὁ Ἡσύχ. γράφει αἴλιοι, ἀλλ’ ἐσφαλμ., ἴδε Εὐστ. 648. 45, Ἐτυμ. Μ. 31. 24. Ὁ M. Müller Oxf. Essays (1856) σ. 21, παραβάλλει τὴν λέξιν πρὸς τὴν Σανσκρ. syâlas (uxoris frater), ὁπότε τὸ α πρέπει νὰ ληφθῇ ὡς εὐφωνικόν: ἀέλιοι.
Spanish (DGE)
-ων, οἱ
• Alolema(s): αἴλιοι Hsch.s.u.; αἰέλιοι EM α 450
concuñados Hsch.l.c., EM l.c., Eust.648.45.
• Etimología: ἀ- < *n̥- y la raíz pron. *su̯e c. alarg. *-l; cf. aisl. svilar ‘cuñados’.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: m. pl.
Meaning: οἱ ἀδελφὰς γυναῖκας ἐσχηκότες H.
Other forms: αἴλιοι σύγγαμβροι H.; εἰλίονες in Pollux 3, 32 (οἱ δε ἀδελφὰς γήμαντες ὁμόγαμβροι η σύγγαμβροι η μᾶλλον συγκηδεσταὶ καὶ παρὰ τοῖς ποιηταῖς εἰλίονες), with metrical lengthening of *ἐλίονες (or *ἑλίονες).
Origin: IE [Indo-European] [1046] *sue-l-o\/ion-
Etymology: αἴλιοι may be itacistic notation for *ε῎λιοι (*ἕλιοι). ἀ- in ἀέλιοι is considered as the copulative α-. Cognate ON svilar m. pl. brothers-in-law, whose wives are sisters, from *su̯e-lo-, su̯e-l-io(n)-; an l-derivative of the reflexive *su̯e. Cf. Specht Ursprung 166, further Mezger Word 4, 99.
