φρατρία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- φρᾱτρᾱ (phrātrā), φᾱτρῐ́ᾱ (phātríā)
- φρήτρη (phrḗtrē) – Ionic
- πᾱτρᾱ (pātrā) – Doric
Etymology
From φρᾱ́τηρ (phrā́tēr, “clansman, kinsmen”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰraː.trí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰraˈtri.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸraˈtri.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fraˈtri.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fraˈtri.a/
Noun
φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ • (phrātríā) f (genitive φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- (in political sense) brotherhood
- (in Homer) tribe, clan
- political subdivision of the phyle
- (at Rome) curia
- (especially in bad sense) any league or association, conspiration
Inflection
First declension of ἡ φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ hē phrātríā | τὼ φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ tṑ phrātríā | αἱ φρᾱτρῐ́αι hai phrātríai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱς tês phrātríās | τοῖν φρᾱτρῐ́αιν toîn phrātríain | τῶν φρᾱτρῐῶν tôn phrātriôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ φρᾱτρῐ́ᾳ têi phrātríāi | φρᾱτρῐ́αιν phrātríain | ταῖς φρᾱτρῐ́αις taîs phrātríais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱν tḕn phrātríān | φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ phrātríā | τᾱ̀ς φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s phrātríās | ||||||||||
Vocative | φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ phrātríā | φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ phrātríā | φρᾱτρῐ́αι phrātríai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- φρᾱτρῐᾰ́ζω (phrātriázō)
- φρᾱτρῐᾰκός (phrātriakós)
- φρᾱτρῐ́ᾰρχος (phrātríarkhos)
- φρᾱτρῐᾰσμός (phrātriasmós)
- φρᾱτρῐᾰστής (phrātriastḗs)
Descendants
- → Latin: phrātria
- → English: phratry
Further reading
- φρατρία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- φρατρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette