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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

  • ἐπειράθημεν ἀποστεῖλαι τὴν πρὸσ ὑμᾶσ ἀδελφότητα καὶ φιλίαν ἀνανεώσασθαι πρὸσ τὸ μὴ ἐξαλλοτριωθῆναι ὑμῶν. πολλοὶ γὰρ καιροὶ διῆλθον ἀφ̓ οὗ ἀπεστείλατε πρὸσ ἡμᾶσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 12:10)
  • 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)
  • μιμήσασθέ με, ἀδελφοί, λέγων, μή μου τὸν αἰῶνα λιποτακτήσητε μηδ’ ἐξομόσησθέ μου τὴν τῆσ εὐψυχίασ ἀδελφότητα. ἱερὰν καὶ εὐγενῆ στρατείαν στρατεύσασθε ὑπὲρ τῆσ εὐσεβείασ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:23)
  • μὰ τὸν μακάριον τῶν ἀδελφῶν μου θάνατον καὶ τὸν αἰώνιον τοῦ τυράννου ὄλεθρον καὶ τὸν ἀί̈διον τῶν εὐσεβῶν βίον οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι τὴν εὐγενῆ ἀδελφότητα. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 10:15)
  • 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)
  • ἡ δὲ ἀδελφότησ τί ἄλλο ἐστὶν ἢ ἀδελφῶν ὁμόνοια; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 29:3)
  • ἐν δὲ ταῖσ πόλεσι γενομένη αὕτη ἡ ἀδελφότησ οὐχὶ καὶ μεῖζον ἀγαθὸν ἔσται καὶ κάλλιον καὶ πλουσιώτερον; (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 82:2)

Synonyms

  1. alliance

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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