LOGOI

The corpus record

γάλοως

galoos · ἡ

husbandʼs sister

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Where it lives

  • Iliad 5 · 0.45/10k

What it meant — LSJ

husbandʼs sister, brotherʼs wife, sister-in-law

husbandʼs sister or brotherʼs wife, sister-in-law, Il. 6.378, al. (Cf. Lat. glōs, Phryg. γέλαρος· ἀδελφοῦ γυνή, Hsch.)

In the wild

Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. γάλοως (scan pp. 305-306; entry #1380).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. γάλοως (scan p. 222; entry #1531).

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