ἀδελφός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ([[ἀ]]- copul., [[δελφύς]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>510b13</span>; cf. [[ἀγάστωρ]]) properly, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[son of the same mother]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> as [[substantive]], [[ἀδελφός]], ὁ, voc. <b class="b3">ἄδελφε;</b> Ep., Ion., and Lyr. [[ἀδελφεός]] (gen. <b class="b3">-ειοῦ</b> in Hom. is for <b class="b3">-εόο</b>), Cret. [[ἀδελφιός]], [[ἀδευφιός]], <span class="title">Leg.Gort.</span>2.21, <span class="title">Mon.Ant.</span>18.319:—[[brother]], Hom., etc.; [[ἀδελφοί]] = [[brother and sister]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>536</span>; so of the Ptolemies, θεοὶ ἀδελφοί <span class="bibl">Herod.1.30</span>, <span class="title">OGI</span>50.2 (iii B. C.), etc.; ἀπ' ἀμφοτέρων ἀδελφεός <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.97</span>: [[proverb|prov.]], χαλεποὶ πόλεμοι ἀδελφῶν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>975</span>: metaph., ἀ. γέγονα σειρήνων <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Jb.</span>30.29</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[kinsman]], ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ge.</span>13.8</span>, al.; [[tribesman]], Ex.<span class="bibl">2.11</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[colleague]], [[associate]], PTeb.1.12, <span class="title">IG</span>12 (9).906.19 (Chalcis); [[member of a college]], ib.14.956. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> term of address, used by kings, <span class="title">OGI</span>138.3 (Philae), <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>13.2.2</span>, etc.; generally, <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Ju.</span>7.30</span>; especially in letters, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPar.</span>48</span> (ii B. C.), etc.:—as a term of [[affection]], applicable by [[wife]] to [[husband]], <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">To.</span>10.12</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLond.</span>1.42.1</span> (ii B. C.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[brother]] (as a [[fellow]] [[Christian]]), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>12.50</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>9.30</span>, al.; of other religious communities, e.g. Serapeum, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPar.</span>42.1</span> (ii B. C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTaur.</span>1.1.20</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> metaph., of things, [[fellow]], <b class="b3">ἀνὴρ τῷ ἀ. προσκολληθήσεται</b>, of Leviathan's scales, <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Jb.</span>41.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Adj., ἀδελφός, ἀδελφή, ἀδελφόν, [[brotherly]] or [[sisterly]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span> 811</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">φύσιν ἀ. ἔχοντες</b>, of [[Hephaistos]] and [[Athena]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Criti.</span> 109c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> generally, of anything double, [[twin]], [[in pairs]], X.<span class="title">Mem.</span> <span class="bibl">2.3.19</span>:—also, [[akin]], [[cognate]], μαθήματα <span class="bibl">Archyt.1</span>; ἀ. νόμοις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span> 683a</span>: mostly c. gen., ἀδελφὰ τῶνδε <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>192</span>; ἡ δὲ μωρία μάλιστ' ἀ. τῆς πονηρίας ἔφυ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>925</span>; freq. in <span class="bibl">Pl., <span class="title">Phd.</span>108b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cra.</span>418e</span>, al., cf. <span class="bibl">Hyp.<span class="title">Epit.</span>35</span>: c. dat., ἀδελφὰ τούτοισι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1262</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>210b</span>.</span>