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φιλαδελφία

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: φιλαδελφία

Structure: φιλαδελφι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: from fila/delfos

Sense

  1. brotherly love

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φιλαδελφία φιλαδελφίᾱ φιλαδελφίαι
Genitive φιλαδελφίᾱς φιλαδελφίαιν φιλαδελφιῶν
Dative φιλαδελφίᾱͅ φιλαδελφίαιν φιλαδελφίαις
Accusative φιλαδελφίᾱν φιλαδελφίᾱ φιλαδελφίᾱς
Vocative φιλαδελφίᾱ φιλαδελφίᾱ φιλαδελφίαι

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

  • πρὸσ μὲν οὖν γονεῖσ ἡ φιλαδελφία τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν, ὥστε τὸ φιλεῖν ἀδελφὸν εὐθὺσ ἀπόδειξιν εἶναι τοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα φιλεῖν καὶ τὸν πατέρα, πρὸσ δὲ παῖδασ αὖ δίδαγμα καὶ παράδειγμα φιλαδελφίασ οἱο͂ν οὐθὲν ἄλλο, καὶ τοὐναντίον αὖ πονηρὸν ὥσπερ ἐξ ἀντιγράφου πατρῴου τὴν μισαδελφίαν ἀναλαμβάνουσιν . (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 6 2:1)
  • μὲν οὖν γονεῖσ ἡ φιλαδελφία τοιοῦτόν ἐστιν, ὥστε τὸ φιλεῖν ἀδελφὸν εὐθὺσ ἀπόδειξιν εἶναι τοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα φιλεῖν καὶ τὸν πατέρα· (Plutarch, De fraterno amore, section 6 6:2)
  • Ἡ φιλαδελφία μενέτω. (PROS EBRAIOUS, chapter 13 2:1)
  • ἐν δὲ τῇ εὐσεβείᾳ τὴν φιλαδελφίαν, ἐν δὲ τῇ φιλαδελφίᾳ τὴν ἀγάπην· (PETROU B, chapter 1 8:1)
  • ἧκε τὸ πρᾶγμα ἐπὶ τὸν πρεσβευτὴν, κυροῖ τὴν χειροτονίαν ἐν Φιλαδελφίᾳ δικαστηρίοισ ἀπόντοσ ἐμοῦ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 23:14)

Synonyms

  1. brotherly love

Related

Similar forms

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

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