εἰλίονες · eiliones — LSJ
brothers-in-law
brothers-in-law, whose wives are sisters, Pollux 3.32. (Prob. metri gr. for *ἐλίονες, cf. ἀέλιοι, OIcel. svilar (same meaning), Skt. syālás ‘wifeʼs brotherʼ?)
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εἰλίονες
eiliones
brothers-in-law
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