ἀδελφότης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓δελφός (ădelphós, “brother”) +‎ -της (-tēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.del.pʰó.tɛːs/ → /a.ðelˈɸo.tis/ → /a.ðelˈfo.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.del.pʰó.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.delˈpʰo.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.ðelˈɸo.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.ðelˈfo.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ðelˈfo.tis/

Noun

ᾰ̓δελφότης • (ădelphótēs) f (genitive ᾰ̓δελφότητος); third declension

1. brotherhood, fraternity
2. band of brothers, a brotherhood
3. alliance

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓δελφότης; τῆς ᾰ̓δελφότητος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓δελφότης hē ădelphótēs	τὼ ᾰ̓δελφότητε tṑ ădelphótēte	αἱ ᾰ̓δελφότητες hai ădelphótētes
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓δελφότητος tês ădelphótētos	τοῖν ᾰ̓δελφοτήτοιν toîn ădelphotḗtoin	τῶν ᾰ̓δελφοτήτων tôn ădelphotḗtōn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓δελφότητῐ têi ădelphótētĭ	τοῖν ᾰ̓δελφοτήτοιν toîn ădelphotḗtoin	ταῖς ᾰ̓δελφότησῐ / ᾰ̓δελφότησῐν taîs ădelphótēsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓δελφότητᾰ tḕn ădelphótētă	τὼ ᾰ̓δελφότητε tṑ ădelphótēte	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓δελφότητᾰς tā̀s ădelphótētăs
Vocative	ᾰ̓δελφότης ădelphótēs	ᾰ̓δελφότητε ădelphótēte	ᾰ̓δελφότητες ădelphótētes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

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 (2006–2025)
• G81 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible