φρατρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φρᾱτρᾱ (phrātrā), φᾱτρῐ́ᾱ (phātrĭ́ā)
• φρήτρη (phrḗtrē) — Ionic
• πᾱτρᾱ (pātrā) — Doric

Etymology

From φρᾱ́τηρ (phrā́tēr, “clansman, kinsmen”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *bràtrьja.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰraː.trí.aː/ → /ɸraˈtri.a/ → /fraˈtri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰraː.trí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰraˈtri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸraˈtri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fraˈtri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fraˈtri.a/

Noun

φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ • (phrātrĭ́ā) f (genitive φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. (in political sense) brotherhood
2. (in Homer) tribe, clan
3. political subdivision of the phyle
4. (at Rome) curia
5. (especially in bad sense) any league or association, conspiration

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ hē phrātrĭ́ā	τὼ φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ tṑ phrātrĭ́ā	αἱ φρᾱτρῐ́αι hai phrātrĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱς tês phrātrĭ́ās	τοῖν φρᾱτρῐ́αιν toîn phrātrĭ́ain	τῶν φρᾱτρῐῶν tôn phrātrĭôn
Dative	τῇ φρᾱτρῐ́ᾳ têi phrātrĭ́āi	τοῖν φρᾱτρῐ́αιν toîn phrātrĭ́ain	ταῖς φρᾱτρῐ́αις taîs phrātrĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱν tḕn phrātrĭ́ān	τὼ φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ tṑ phrātrĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s phrātrĭ́ās
Vocative	φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ phrātrĭ́ā	φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ phrātrĭ́ā	φρᾱτρῐ́αι phrātrĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φρᾱτρῐᾰ́ζω (phrātrĭắzō)
• φρᾱτρῐᾰκός (phrātrĭăkós)
• φρᾱτρῐ́ᾰρχος (phrātrĭ́ărkhos)
• φρᾱτρῐᾰσμός (phrātrĭăsmós)
• φρᾱτρῐᾰστής (phrātrĭăstḗs)

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