φράτηρ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • φρᾱτήρ (phrātḗr) – Doric
  • φρήτηρ (phrḗtēr) – Ionic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pʰrā́tēr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr. Cognates include Phrygian βρατερε (bratere), Latin frāter, Sanskrit भ्रातृ (bhrātṛ), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌰𐍂 (brōþar), Old English brōþor (English brother). The old kin sense of "brother" has been assumed by ἀδελφός (adelphós).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

φρᾱ́τηρ • (phrā́tēr) m (genitive φρᾱ́τερος); third declension

  1. member of a community: clansman, kinsman, citizen

Declension
Third declension of ὁ φρᾱ́τηρ; τοῦ φρᾱ́τερος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ φρᾱ́τηρ
ho phrā́tēr		 τὼ φρᾱ́τερε
tṑ phrā́tere		 οἱ φρᾱ́τερες
hoi phrā́teres
Genitive τοῦ φρᾱ́τερος
toû phrā́teros		 τοῖν φρᾱτέροιν
toîn phrātéroin		 τῶν φρᾱτέρων
tôn phrātérōn
Dative τῷ φρᾱ́τερῐ
tôi phrā́teri		 τοῖν φρᾱτέροιν
toîn phrātéroin		 τοῖς φρᾱ́τερσῐ / φρᾱ́τερσῐν
toîs phrā́tersi(n)
Accusative τὸν φρᾱ́τερᾰ
tòn phrā́tera		 τὼ φρᾱ́τερε
tṑ phrā́tere		 τοὺς φρᾱ́τερᾰς
toùs phrā́teras
Vocative φρᾶτερ
phrâter		 φρᾱ́τερε
phrā́tere		 φρᾱ́τερες
phrā́teres
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • φρατρία (phratría)

Further reading
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