εἰλίονες
From LSJ
πῶς δ' οὐκ ἀρίστη; τίς δ' ἐναντιώσεται; τί χρὴ γενέσθαι τὴν ὑπερβεβλημένην γυναῖκα; (Euripides' Alcestis 152-54) → How is she not noblest? Who will deny it? What must a woman have become to surpass her?
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-.
