εἰλίονες
From LSJ
τὸ μὴ γενέσθαι κρεῖσσον ἢ φῦναι βροτοῖς → not existing is better for mortals than being born, not to be born is better than life for mortals
English (LSJ)
poet. pl., = A brothers-in-law, whose wives are sisters, Pollux 3.32. (Prob. metri gr. for Ελίονες, cf. ἀέλιοι, OIcel. svilar (same meaning), Skt. syālás 'wife's brother'?)
Spanish (DGE)
-ων, οἱ
cuñadosref. al parentesco entre dos varones cuyas mujeres son hermanas, Poll.3.32.
• Etimología: Prob. de ἐλίονες por alarg. métr.; cf. ἀέλιοι c. ἀ- copulativa y αἴλιοι c. graf. itacista; ἐλίονες se rel. c. aisl. svilar ‘concuñados’, ‘cuyas esposas son hermanas’, ambos deriv. del tema pron. *su̯e-, cf. οὗ, ὅς, etc., c. alarg. -l-.
Frisk Etymological English
See also: s. ἀέλιοι.
Frisk Etymology German
εἰλίονες: {eilíones}
See also: s. ἀέλιοι.
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