"ἀδελφή" meaning in Ancient Greek

See ἀδελφή in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /a.del.pʰɛ̌ː/, /a.ðelˈɸi/, /a.ðelˈfi/, /a.del.pʰɛ̌ː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /a.delˈpʰe̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /a.ðelˈɸi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /a.ðelˈfi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /a.ðelˈfi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Feminine form of ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother”). Displaced the reflex of Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”), still seen in ἔορ (éor, “daughter of a cousin”), a word found in Hesychius' lexicon. Etymology templates: {{m+|ine-pro|*swésōr|t=sister}} Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|ἀδελφῆς|f|first}} ἀδελφή • (adelphḗ) f (genitive ἀδελφῆς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|ᾰ̓δελφή|ῆς}} Forms: adelphḗ [romanization], ἀδελφῆς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ ᾰ̓δελφή [nominative, singular], ᾰ̓δελφᾱ́ [dual, nominative], αἱ ᾰ̓δελφαί [nominative, plural], τῆς ᾰ̓δελφῆς [genitive, singular], ᾰ̓δελφαῖν [dual, genitive], ᾰ̓δελφῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ ᾰ̓δελφῇ [dative, singular], ᾰ̓δελφαῖν [dative, dual], ταῖς ᾰ̓δελφαῖς [dative, plural], τὴν ᾰ̓δελφήν [accusative, singular], ᾰ̓δελφᾱ́ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓δελφᾱ́ς [accusative, plural], ᾰ̓δελφή [singular, vocative], ᾰ̓δελφᾱ́ [dual, vocative], ᾰ̓δελφαί [plural, vocative], ἀδελφεά [alternative, Doric], ἀδελφειή [alternative, Epic], ἀδελφεή [alternative, Ionic]
  1. sister
    Sense id: en-ἀδελφή-grc-noun-GYDTkn8H Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53
  2. some other female relation, such as wife or cousin
    Sense id: en-ἀδελφή-grc-noun-ztL-Goyc Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Female family members Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of Female family members: 38 62
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: ἀδελφός (adelphós) (english: brother)

Inflected forms

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  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "brother",
      "roman": "adelphós",
      "word": "ἀδελφός"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
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          },
          "expansion": "Greek: αδελφή (adelfí)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: αδελφή (adelfí) or αδερφή (aderfí)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "grk-mar",
            "2": "адъерфи́"
          },
          "expansion": "Mariupol Greek: адъерфи́ (aðjerfí)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mariupol Greek: адъерфи́ (aðjerfí)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "ine-pro",
        "2": "*swésōr",
        "t": "sister"
      },
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      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Feminine form of ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother”). Displaced the reflex of Proto-Indo-European *swésōr (“sister”), still seen in ἔορ (éor, “daughter of a cousin”), a word found in Hesychius' lexicon.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "adelphḗ",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀδελφῆς",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ἡ ᾰ̓δελφή",
      "roman": "hē ădelphḗ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ᾰ̓δελφᾱ́",
      "roman": "ădelphā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ ᾰ̓δελφαί",
      "roman": "hai ădelphaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ᾰ̓δελφῆς",
      "roman": "tês ădelphês",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓δελφαῖν",
      "roman": "ădelphaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓δελφῶν",
      "roman": "ădelphôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ ᾰ̓δελφῇ",
      "roman": "têi ădelphêi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓δελφαῖν",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ᾰ̓δελφαῖς",
      "roman": "taîs ădelphaîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ᾰ̓δελφήν",
      "roman": "tḕn ădelphḗn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓δελφᾱ́",
      "roman": "ădelphā́",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓δελφᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "tā̀s ădelphā́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ᾰ̓δελφή",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓δελφᾱ́",
      "roman": "ădelphā́",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀδελφεά",
      "roman": "adelpheá",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Doric"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀδελφειή",
      "roman": "adelpheiḗ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Epic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀδελφεή",
      "roman": "adelpheḗ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Ionic"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "f",
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      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
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        "2": "ῆς"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "noun",
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        }
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      ],
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          "_dis": "50 50",
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "47 53",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
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      ],
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a.del.pʰɛ̌ː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.ðelˈɸi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.ðelˈfi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.del.pʰɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.delˈpʰe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.ðelˈɸi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.ðelˈfi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.ðelˈfi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἀδελφή"
}
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    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek oxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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      "english": "brother",
      "roman": "adelphós",
      "word": "ἀδελφός"
    }
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    },
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      ],
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    }
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      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
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        "romanization"
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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        "table-tags"
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        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓δελφᾱ́",
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ ᾰ̓δελφαί",
      "roman": "hai ădelphaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς ᾰ̓δελφῆς",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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        "dual",
        "genitive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓δελφῶν",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    },
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      "form": "τῇ ᾰ̓δελφῇ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓δελφαῖν",
      "roman": "ădelphaîn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς ᾰ̓δελφαῖς",
      "roman": "taîs ădelphaîs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν ᾰ̓δελφήν",
      "roman": "tḕn ădelphḗn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓δελφᾱ́",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓δελφᾱ́ς",
      "roman": "tā̀s ădelphā́s",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓δελφή",
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        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓δελφᾱ́",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "ᾰ̓δελφαί",
      "roman": "ădelphaí",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀδελφεά",
      "roman": "adelpheá",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Doric"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀδελφειή",
      "roman": "adelpheiḗ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Epic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἀδελφεή",
      "roman": "adelpheḗ",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Ionic"
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    }
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  "pos": "noun",
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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      ]
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  ],
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      "ipa": "/a.del.pʰɛ̌ː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.ðelˈɸi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.ðelˈfi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.del.pʰɛ̌ː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.delˈpʰe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.ðelˈɸi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.ðelˈfi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/a.ðelˈfi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ἀδελφή"
}

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