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ἀδελφή

First declension Noun; Feminine

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Structure: ἀδελφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

sister
some other female relation, such as wife or cousin

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἀδελφή	ἀδελφᾱ́	ἀδελφαί
Genitive	ἀδελφῆς	ἀδελφαῖν	ἀδελφῶν
Dative	ἀδελφῇ	ἀδελφαῖν	ἀδελφαῖς
Accusative	ἀδελφήν	ἀδελφᾱ́	ἀδελφᾱ́ς
Vocative	ἀδελφή	ἀδελφᾱ́	ἀδελφαί

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μητρυιὰ γὰρ ἡ τούτου μήτηρ ἐγεγένητο ταῖσ ἡμετέραισ ἀδελφαῖσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 17 2:3)
καὶ ταῖσ ἀδελφαῖσ ἀγοράσαι χιτώνιον ἐκέλευσεν ἂν τῇ μητρί θ’ ἱματίδιον· (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode24)
πολλὴ δ’ ἦν δόξα καί ταῖσ ἄλλαισ δυσὶν ἀδελφαῖσ πλησιάζειν τὸν Κλώδιον, ὧν Τερτίαν μέν Μάρκιοσ ὁ Ῥήξ, Κλωδίαν δὲ Μέτελλοσ ὁ Κέλερ εἶχεν, ἣν Κουαδρανταρίαν ἐκάλουν, ὅτι τῶν ἐραστῶν τισ αὐτῇ χαλκοῦσ ἐμβαλὼν εἰσ βαλάντιον ὡσ ἀργύριον εἰσέπεμψε· (Plutarch, Cicero, chapter 29 4:1)
Ἀλκαῖοσ Ἀδελφαῖσ μοιχευομέναισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 100 1:6)
"καὶ τὸ μητράσιν ἢ ἀδελφαῖσ ἢ θυγατράσιν συγγενέσθαι καὶ τὸ φαγεῖν τι καὶ προελθεῖν ἀπὸ λεχοῦσ ἢ θανάτου πρὸσ ἱερὸν ἀλόγωσ διαβέβληται· (Plutarch, De Stoicorum repugnantiis, section 221)

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