ἀδελφός: Difference between revisions

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