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ἀδελφότης

Third declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀδελφότης ἀδελφότητος

Structure: ἀδελφοτητ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)delfo/s

Sense

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

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐνετειλάμεθα οὖν αὐτοῖσ καὶ πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ πορευθῆναι καὶ ἀσπάσασθαι ὑμᾶσ καὶ ἀποδοῦναι ὑμῖν τὰσ παῤ ἡμῶν ἐπιστολὰσ περὶ τῆσ ἀνανεώσεωσ καὶ τῆσ ἀδελφότητοσ ἡμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 12:17)
  • οὐκ ἀγνοεῖτε δὲ τὰ τῆσ ἀδελφότητοσ φίλτρα, ἅπερ ἡ θεία καὶ πάνσοφοσ πρόνοια διὰ τῶν πατέρων τοῖσ γενομένοισ ἐμέρισε καὶ διὰ τῆσ μητρῴασ φυτεύσασα γαστρόσ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 13:19)
  • ἀλλ’ ὅμωσ καὶ περὶ τῆσ φύσεωσ καὶ τῆσ συνηθείασ καὶ τῶν τῆσ ἀρετῆσ ἠθῶν τὰ τῆσ ἀδελφότητοσ αὐτοῖσ φίλτρα συναυξόντων, ἀνέσχοντο διὰ τὴν εὐσέβειαν τοὺσ ἀδελφοὺσ οἱ ὑπολελειμμένοι, τοὺσ καταικιζομένουσ ὁρῶντεσ μέχρι θανάτου βασανιζομένουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 13:27)
  • οὐκ ἐξόμνυμαι τὴν εὐγενῆ τῆσ ἀδελφότητόσ μου συγγένειαν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 10:3)

Synonyms

  1. alliance

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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