ἀδελφός [ᾰ],
(ἀ-
copulative, δελφύς, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare ἀγάστωρ) properly,
son of the same mother:
I as
substantive, ἀδελφός, ὁ,
vocative ἄδελφ;
Epic dialect,
Ionic dialect, and Lyric poetry ἀδελφεός (
genitive -ειοῦ in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:—
brother, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀδελφοί
brother and sister, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of the Ptolemies, θεοὶ ἀδελφοί[
Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἀπ᾽ ἀμφοτέρων ἀδελφεός[
LXX+5th c.BC+]
I.2 kinsman,[
LXX];
tribesman, Ex.[
Refs]
I.3 colleague, associate, [
Refs];
member of a college, [
Refs]
I.4 term of address, used by kings, [
LXX+2nd c.BC+], etc.:—as a term of affection, applicable by wife to husband, [
LXX+2nd c.BC+]
I.5 brother (as a fellow Christian), [
NT]; of other religious communities, e.g. Serapeum, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
I.6 metaphorically, of things,
fellow, ἀνὴρ τῷ ἀ. προσκολληθήσεται, of Leviathan's scales, [
LXX]
II adjective, ἀδελφός, ή, όν,
brotherly or
sisterly, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; φύσιν ἀ. ἔχοντες, of Hephaistos and Athena, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2 generally, of anything double,
twin, in pairs, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:—also,
akin, cognate, μαθήματα[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
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