ἀδελφότης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓δελφός (adelphós, “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 • (adelphótēs) 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 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:	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 (2006–2024)
• G81 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible