ἀδελφότης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓δελφός (ădelphós, “brother”) + -της (-tēs).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.del.pʰó.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.delˈpʰo.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ðelˈɸo.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ðelˈfo.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ðelˈfo.tis/
Noun
ᾰ̓δελφότης • (ădelphótēs) f (genitive ᾰ̓δελφότητος); third declension
- brotherhood, fraternity
- band of brothers, a brotherhood
- alliance
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓δελφότης hē ădelphótēs |
τὼ ᾰ̓δελφότητε tṑ ădelphótēte |
αἱ ᾰ̓δελφότητες hai ădelphótētes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓δελφότητος tês ădelphótētos |
τοῖν ᾰ̓δελφοτήτοιν toîn ădelphotḗtoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓δελφοτήτων tôn ădelphotḗtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓δελφότητῐ tēî ădelphótētĭ |
τοῖν ᾰ̓δελφοτήτοιν toîn ădelphotḗtoin |
ταῖς ᾰ̓δελφότησῐ / ᾰ̓δελφότησῐν taîs ădelphótēsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓δελφότητᾰ tḕn ădelphótētă |
τὼ ᾰ̓δελφότητε tṑ ădelphótēte |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓δελφότητᾰς tā̀s ădelphótētăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓δελφότης ădelphótēs |
ᾰ̓δελφότητε ădelphótēte |
ᾰ̓δελφότητες ădelphótētes | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἀδελφότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀδελφότης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀδελφότης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀδελφότης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- G81 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible