ψευδάδελφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ψευδής (pseudḗs, “false”) +‎ ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pseβˈða.ðel.ɸos/ → /psevˈða.ðel.fos/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /psewˈda.del.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pseβˈða.ðel.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /psevˈða.ðel.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /psevˈða.ðel.fos/

Noun

ψευδᾰ́δελφος • (pseudádelphos) m (genitive ψευδᾰδέλφου); second declension

1. (Christianity) false brother, pretended Christian

Usage notes

• Primarily attested in the plural in the Pauline epistles.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ψευδᾰ́δελφος; τοῦ ψευδᾰδέλφου (Koine)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ψευδᾰ́δελφος ho pseudádelphos	οἱ ψευδᾰ́δελφοι hoi pseudádelphoi
Genitive	τοῦ ψευδᾰδέλφου toû pseudadélphou	τῶν ψευδᾰδέλφων tôn pseudadélphōn
Dative	τῷ ψευδᾰδέλφῳ tôi pseudadélphōi	τοῖς ψευδᾰδέλφοις toîs pseudadélphois
Accusative	τὸν ψευδᾰ́δελφον tòn pseudádelphon	τοὺς ψευδᾰδέλφους toùs pseudadélphous
Vocative	ψευδᾰ́δελφε pseudádelphe	ψευδᾰ́δελφοι pseudádelphoi

Descendants

• → Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌰𐍂 (galiugabrōþar) (calque)

References

• “ψευδάδελφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ψευδάδελφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ψευδάδελφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Pape, Wilhelm, Benseler, Gustav Eduard (1884) “ψευδάδελφος”, in Wörterbuch der griechischen Eigennamen (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• “ψευδάδελφος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011