εἰνάτερες

einateres

wives of brothers

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Iliad 4
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Book 6 2
Chapter ?

6378
6383
Book 22 1
Chapter ?

22473
Book 24 1
Chapter ?

24769

Dictionary (LSJ)

εἰνάτερες [ᾰ], αἱ, A. wives of brothers or of husbands’ brothers, sisters-in-law, Il. 6.378, al. (never in Od.). (Sg. ἐνάτηρ Keil-Premerstein Zweiter Bericht138 (not εἰνάτηρ as stated by Hdn.Gr.1.48, al.); dat. ἐνατρί Buresch Aus Lydien 147; καἰνετ[έ]ραν (acc. sg.) is dub. in Jahresh. 18 Beibl. 33 (Cilicia)), voc. εἴνατερ Hdn.Gr.1.419, gen. εἰνάτερος Id. 2.747, al.: εἰν- metri gr. in Ep., with ἐνάτηρ cf. Skt. yā´tar-, Lith. jéntė, gen. jenteȓs, Lat. janitrīces ‘sisters-in-law’.)

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