φράτηρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • φρᾱτήρ (phrātḗr) — Doric
  • φρήτηρ (phrḗtēr) — Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pʰrā́tēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. The old kin sense of "brother" has been assumed by ἀδελφός (adelphós).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

φρᾱ́τηρ • (phrā́tēr) m (genitive φρᾱ́τερος); third declension

  1. member of a community: clansman, kinsman, citizen, "brother" in the non-familial sense (as is usually expressed by "brethren")

Declension

Third declension of ὁ φρᾱ́τηρ; τοῦ φρᾱ́τερος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ φρᾱ́τηρ
ho phrā́tēr 		τὼ φρᾱ́τερε
tṑ phrā́tere 		οἱ φρᾱ́τερες
hoi phrā́teres
Genitive τοῦ φρᾱ́τερος
toû phrā́teros 		τοῖν φρᾱτέροιν
toîn phrātéroin 		τῶν φρᾱτέρων
tôn phrātérōn
Dative τῷ φρᾱ́τερῐ
tōî phrā́terĭ 		τοῖν φρᾱτέροιν
toîn phrātéroin 		τοῖς φρᾱ́τερσῐ / φρᾱ́τερσῐν
toîs phrā́tersĭ(n)
Accusative τὸν φρᾱ́τερᾰ
tòn phrā́teră 		τὼ φρᾱ́τερε
tṑ phrā́tere 		τοὺς φρᾱ́τερᾰς
toùs phrā́terăs
Vocative φρᾶτερ
phrâter 		φρᾱ́τερε
phrā́tere 		φρᾱ́τερες
phrā́teres
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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