Φιλαδέλφεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Φιλάδελφος (Philádelphos, “brother-loving”), a surname given to Attalus II Philadelphus by his brother because of his loyalty, from φιλέω (philéō) "I love" and ἀδελφός (adelphós) "brother."

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰi.la.dél.pʰeː.a/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰi.laˈdel.pʰi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸi.laˈðel.ɸi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fi.laˈðel.fi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fi.laˈðel.fi.a/

Proper noun

Φῐλᾰδέλφειᾰ • (Phĭlădélpheiă) f (genitive Φῐλᾰδελφείᾱς); first declension

Philadelphia, the name of a number of Ancient cities.
The name of a festival given in honour of Ptolemy II Philadelphus.

Declension

First declension of ἡ Φῐλᾰδέλφειᾰ; τῆς Φῐλᾰδελφείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Φῐλᾰδέλφειᾰ hē Phĭlădélpheiă
Genitive	τῆς Φῐλᾰδελφείᾱς tês Phĭlădelpheíās
Dative	τῇ Φῐλᾰδελφείᾳ tēî Phĭlădelpheíāi
Accusative	τὴν Φῐλᾰδέλφειᾰν tḕn Phĭlădélpheiăn
Vocative	Φῐλᾰδέλφειᾰ Phĭlădélpheiă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

φιλαδελφία (philadelphía, “fraternal love”)

Descendants

Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια (Filadélfeia)
→ Arabic: فِيلَادِلْفِيَا (fīlādilfiyā)
→ Hebrew: פילדלפיה (Filadelfya)
→ Latin: Philadelphia
- Italian: Filadelfia
- Portuguese: Filadélfia
- Spanish: Filadelfia
- → English: Philadelphia
- → German: Philadelphia
- → Turkish: Philadelphia