ψευδάδελφος

ψευδάδελφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”) +‎ ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pseu̯.dá.del.pʰos/ → /pseβˈða.ðel.ɸos/ → /psevˈða.ðel.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pseu̯.dá.del.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psewˈda.del.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pseβˈða.ðel.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psevˈða.ðel.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psevˈða.ðel.fos/

Noun

ψευδᾰ́δελφος • (pseudádelphos) m (genitive ψευδᾰδέλφου); second declension

1. false brother, pretended Christian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ψευδᾰ́δελφος; τοῦ ψευδᾰδέλφου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψευδᾰ́δελφος ho pseudádelphos	τὼ ψευδᾰδέλφω tṑ pseudadélphō	οἱ ψευδᾰ́δελφοι hoi pseudádelphoi
Genitive	τοῦ ψευδᾰδέλφου toû pseudadélphou	τοῖν ψευδᾰδέλφοιν toîn pseudadélphoin	τῶν ψευδᾰδέλφων tôn pseudadélphōn
Dative	τῷ ψευδᾰδέλφῳ tôi pseudadélphōi	τοῖν ψευδᾰδέλφοιν toîn pseudadélphoin	τοῖς ψευδᾰδέλφοις toîs pseudadélphois
Accusative	τὸν ψευδᾰ́δελφον tòn pseudádelphon	τὼ ψευδᾰδέλφω tṑ pseudadélphō	τοὺς ψευδᾰδέλφους toùs pseudadélphous
Vocative	ψευδᾰ́δελφε pseudádelphe	ψευδᾰδέλφω pseudadélphō	ψευδᾰ́δελφοι pseudádelphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌰𐍂 (galiugabrōþar) (calque)

References

• “ψευδάδελφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ψευδάδελφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette