ἀδελφός [ᾰ], (ἀ- copul.,δελφύς,
Arist. HA 510b13 ; cf.ἀγάστωρ) properly,
A. son of the same mother:
I. asSubst.,ἀδελφός,ὁ,voc.ἄδελφε;
Ep. , Ion. , and Lyr.ἀδελφεός(gen.-ειοῦin Hom. is for-εόο), Cret.ἀδελφιός, ἀδευφιός,
Leg.Gort. 2.21 , Mon.Ant. 18.319 :—brother, Hom. , etc.;ἀδελφοί brother and sister, E. El. 536 ; so of the Ptolemies, θεοὶ ἀδελφοί
Herod. 1.30
, OGI 50.2
(iii B. C.), etc.; ἀπ' ἀμφοτέρων ἀδελφεός
Hdt. 7.97
: prov., χαλεποὶ πόλεμοι ἀδελφῶν
E. Fr. 975
: metaph., ἀ. γέγονα σειρήνων
LXX Jb. 30.29
.
2. kinsman, ib. Ge. 13.8 , al.;tribesman, Ex.