ἀδελφ-ή,ἡ, fem. ofἀδελφός,
A. sister, Trag., E Fr. 866 , etc.; ὁμοπατρία ἀ.
Men. Georg. 12
, cf. PTeb. 320.5
(ii A.D.): Ion.
ἀδελφ-εή, Hdt. 2.56 , al.; Ep.
ἀδελφ-ειή, Q.S. 1.30 ; Dor.
ἀδελφ-εά, Pi. N. 7.4 , and in lyr, passages of Trag., S. OT 160 , OC 535 .
2. kinswoman, LXX Jb. 42.11 .
3. term of endearment, Ca. 4.9 , To. 5.21 ; applied to a wife, POxy. 744.1
(i B. C.), etc.:—as a title,Βερενίκη ἡ ἀ. καὶ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ(of a cousin) OGI 60.3
(iii B. C.):—sister(as a fellow Christian), Ep.Rom. 16.1 , etc.