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ἀδελφός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀδελφός ἀδελφή ἀδελφόν

Structure: ἀδελφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: 계사 a , delfu/s; cf. Lat. couterinus

Sense

  1. brotherly or sisterly
  2. double
  3. closely related, akin

Examples

  • ἤκουσαν δὲ πάντεσ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ αἱ ἀδελφαὶ αὐτοῦ πάντα τὰ συμβεβηκότα αὐτῷ καὶ ἦλθον πρὸσ αὐτὸν καὶ πάντεσ ὅσοι ἤδεισαν αὐτὸν ἐκ πρώτου. φαγόντεσ δὲ καὶ πιόντεσ παῤ αὐτῷ παρεκάλεσαν αὐτόν, καὶ ἐθαύμασαν ἐπὶ πᾶσιν, οἷσ ἐπήγαγεν ἐπ̓ αὐτῷ ὁ Κύριοσ. ἔδωκε δὲ αὐτῷ ἕκαστοσ ἀμνάδα μίαν καὶ τετράδραχμον χρυσοῦ καὶ ἀσήμου. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 42:11)
  • πεσόντα δέ μιν αἱ ἀδελφαὶ περιστᾶσαι πένθοσ μέγα ἐποίεον, ἔστε μετέβαλον τὰ εἴδεα, καὶ νῦν εἰσιν αἴγειροι καὶ τὸ ἤλεκτρον ἐπ’ αὐτῷ δάκρυον σταλάουσιν. (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 19:6)
  • ὥστε εἰ οὗτοσ ἐξ ἄλλου τινὸσ ἀνδρὸσ ἦν τῇ μητρυιᾷ καὶ οὐκ ἐκ τοῦ ἡμετέρου πατρόσ, οὐκ ἄν ποτε, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, τοὺσ ἑαυτῶν ἄνδρασ αἱ ἀδελφαὶ μαρτυρεῖν ἐπέτρεψαν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 17 2:5)
  • θρήνοισ δ’ ἀδελφαὶ πρῶτα μὲν σὲ ὑμνήσομεν, ἔπειτ’ Ἀχιλλέα Θέτιδοσ ἐν πένθει ποτέ. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe 1 4:17)
  • ὥστε ἐκεῖνον μὲν αἱ ἀδελφαὶ θαπτέτωσαν ἐπὶ τῷ Ἠριδανῷ, ἵναπερ ἔπεσεν ἐκδιφρευθείσ, ἤλεκτρον ἐπ̓ αὐτῷ δακρύουσαι καὶ αἴγειροι γενέσθωσαν ἐπὶ τῷ πάθει, σὺ δὲ ξυμπηξάμενοσ τὸ ἁρ́μα ‐ κατέαγε δὲ καὶ ὁ ῥυμὸσ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἅτεροσ τῶν τροχῶν συντέτριπται ‐ ἔλαυνε ὑπαγαγὼν τοὺσ ἵππουσ. (Lucian, Dialogi deorum, 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. brotherly or sisterly

  2. double

  3. closely related

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