Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

αὐτάδελφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: αὐτάδελφος

Structure: αὐταδελφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. related as brother or sister
  2. one's own brother or sister

Examples

  • εἰσ Εὐφήμιον καὶ Ἀμφίλοχον αὐταδέλφουσ ἦν δυὰσ ἦν ἱερή, ψυχὴ μία, σώματα δισσά, πάντα κασιγνήτω, αἷμα, κλέοσ, σοφίην, υἱέεσ Ἀμφιλόχου, Εὐφήμιοσ Ἀμφίλοχόσ τε, πᾶσιν Καππαδόκαισ ἀστέρεσ ἐκφανέεσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 1211)
  • εἰσ Ἑλλάδιον καὶ Εὐλάλιον αὐταδέλφουσ αἰεί σοι νόοσ ἠε͂ν ἐσ οὐρανὸν, οὐδ’ ἐπὶ γαίησ ἤρειδεσ χθαμαλῆσ ἴχνιον οὐδ’ ὀλίγον τοὔνεκεν ὡσ τάχοσ ἦλθεσ ἀπὸ χθονόσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 1511)

Synonyms

  1. related as brother or sister

  2. one's own brother or sister

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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