ψευδάδελφος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”) + ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother”).
Pronunciation
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /psewˈda.del.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pseβˈða.ðel.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /psevˈða.ðel.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /psevˈða.ðel.fos/
Noun
ψευδᾰ́δελφος • (pseudắdelphos) m (genitive ψευδᾰδέλφου); second declension
- (Christianity) false brother, pretended Christian
Usage notes
- Primarily attested in the plural in the Pauline epistles.
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ψευδᾰ́δελφος ho pseudắdelphos |
οἱ ψευδᾰ́δελφοι hoi pseudắdelphoi |
| Genitive | τοῦ ψευδᾰδέλφου toû pseudădélphou |
τῶν ψευδᾰδέλφων tôn pseudădélphōn |
| Dative | τῷ ψευδᾰδέλφῳ tōî pseudădélphōi |
τοῖς ψευδᾰδέλφοις toîs pseudădélphois |
| Accusative | τὸν ψευδᾰ́δελφον tòn pseudắdelphon |
τοὺς ψευδᾰδέλφους toùs pseudădélphous |
| Vocative | ψευδᾰ́δελφε pseudắdelphe |
ψευδᾰ́δελφοι pseudắdelphoi |
Descendants
- → Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌰𐍂 (galiugabrōþar) (calque)
References
- “ψευδάδελφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ψευδάδελφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ψευδάδελφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Pape, Wilhelm (1914) “ψευδάδελφος”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- ψευδάδελφος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011