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ἀδελφός
ἀδελφός
See also: αδελφός
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀδελφεός (adelpheós), ἀδελφειός (adelpheiós) Epic, Ionic, Lyric
- ἀδελφιός (adelphiós) Boeotian
- ἀδελφιός (adelphiós), ἀδευφιός (adeuphiós) Cretan
Adjective
ᾰ̓δελφός • (adelphós) m (feminine ᾰ̓δελφή, neuter ᾰ̓δελφόν); first/second declension
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | ||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓δελφός | ᾰ̓δελφή | ᾰ̓δελφόν | ᾰ̓δελφώ | ᾰ̓δελφᾱ́ | ᾰ̓δελφώ | ᾰ̓δελφοί | ᾰ̓δελφαί | ᾰ̓δελφᾰ́ | ||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓δελφοῦ | ᾰ̓δελφῆς | ᾰ̓δελφοῦ | ᾰ̓δελφοῖν | ᾰ̓δελφαῖν | ᾰ̓δελφοῖν | ᾰ̓δελφῶν | ᾰ̓δελφῶν | ᾰ̓δελφῶν | ||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓δελφῷ | ᾰ̓δελφῇ | ᾰ̓δελφῷ | ᾰ̓δελφοῖν | ᾰ̓δελφαῖν | ᾰ̓δελφοῖν | ᾰ̓δελφοῖς | ᾰ̓δελφαῖς | ᾰ̓δελφοῖς | ||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓δελφόν | ᾰ̓δελφήν | ᾰ̓δελφόν | ᾰ̓δελφώ | ᾰ̓δελφᾱ́ | ᾰ̓δελφώ | ᾰ̓δελφούς | ᾰ̓δελφᾱ́ς | ᾰ̓δελφᾰ́ | ||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓δελφέ | ᾰ̓δελφή | ᾰ̓δελφόν | ᾰ̓δελφώ | ᾰ̓δελφᾱ́ | ᾰ̓δελφώ | ᾰ̓δελφοί | ᾰ̓δελφαί | ᾰ̓δελφᾰ́ | ||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | ||||||||||
| ᾰ̓δελφῶς | ᾰ̓δελφώτερος | ᾰ̓δελφώτᾰτος | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Noun
ἀδελφός • (adelphós) m (genitive ἀδελφοῦ); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ᾰ̓δελφός | τὼ ᾰ̓δελφώ | οἱ ᾰ̓δελφοί | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓δελφοῦ | τοῖν ᾰ̓δελφοῖν | τῶν ᾰ̓δελφῶν | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓δελφῷ | τοῖν ᾰ̓δελφοῖν | τοῖς ᾰ̓δελφοῖς | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ᾰ̓δελφόν | τὼ ᾰ̓δελφώ | τοὺς ᾰ̓δελφούς | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓δελφέ / ᾰ̓́δελφε | ᾰ̓δελφώ | ᾰ̓δελφοί | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἀδελφεός | ἀδελφεώ | ἀδελφεοί | ||||||||||
| Genitive | ἀδελφεοῦ / ἀδελφεοῖο / ἀδελφεόο | ἀδελφεοῖῐν | ἀδελφεῶν | ||||||||||
| Dative | ἀδελφεῷ | ἀδελφεοῖῐν | ἀδελφεοῖσῐ / ἀδελφεοῖς | ||||||||||
| Accusative | ἀδελφεόν | ἀδελφεώ | ἀδελφεούς | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀδελφεέ | ἀδελφεώ | ἀδελφεοί | ||||||||||
| Notes: | Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. | ||||||||||||
Descendants
References
- ἀδελφός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀδελφός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- «ἀδελφός» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
- “G80”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Bauer lexicon
- Etymologicum Magnum (ΜΕΓΑ ΕΤΥΜΟΛΟΓΙΚΟΝ online)