ἀδελφότης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ᾰ̓δελφός (adelphós, “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 • (adelphótēs) f (genitive ᾰ̓δελφότητος); third declension
- brotherhood, fraternity
- band of brothers, a brotherhood
- alliance
Inflection
Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓δελφότης; τῆς ᾰ̓δελφότητος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓δελφότης hē adelphótēs | τὼ ᾰ̓δελφότητε tṑ adelphótēte | αἱ ᾰ̓δελφότητες hai adelphótētes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓δελφότητος tês adelphótētos | τοῖν ᾰ̓δελφοτήτοιν toîn adelphotḗtoin | τῶν ᾰ̓δελφοτήτων tôn adelphotḗtōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓δελφότητῐ têi adelphótēti | τοῖν ᾰ̓δελφοτήτοιν toîn adelphotḗtoin | ταῖς ᾰ̓δελφότησῐ / ᾰ̓δελφότησῐν taîs adelphótēsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓δελφότητᾰ tḕn adelphótēta | τὼ ᾰ̓δελφότητε tṑ adelphótēte | τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓δελφότητᾰς tā̀s adelphótētas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓δελφότης adelphótēs | ᾰ̓δελφότητε adelphótēte | ᾰ̓δελφότητες adelphótētes | ||||||||||
Notes: |
|
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 (2006–2023)
- G81 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible