1. any one connected by marriage , Lat. affinis, (Aeschulus Tragicus):

2. a son-in-law , Lat. gener, (Homer)

3. a brother-in-law, a sister's husband , (Iliad by Homer); or, a wife's brother (Sophocles Tragicus)

4. = πενθερός, a father-in-law , (Euripides)

5. doric and aeolic a bridegroom, wooer, suitor , (Pindar) (ML)