ἀδελφ-ή, ἡ,
feminine of ἀδελφός, sister, Trag., E [[ “fragment” 866, etc.; ὁμοπατρία ἀ. 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Γεωργός” 12, compare “PTeb.” 320.5 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 4th c.BC+]: Ionic dialect ἀδελφ-εή, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.56, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ἀδελφ-ειή, [[ 4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 1.30] Refs 4th c.AD+]; Doric dialect ἀδελφ-εά, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.4] Refs 5th c.BC+], and in lyr, passages of Trag., [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 160, “OC” 535. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 kinswoman, [[ LXX.Job.42.11. ] LXX]
__3 term of endearment, [[ LXX.Cant.4.9, LXX.Tob.5.21] LXX]; applied to a wife, [[ “POxy.” 744.1 (1st c.BC), etc.:—as a title, Βερενίκη ἡ ἀ. καὶ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ (of a cousin) “OGI” 60.3 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—sister (as a fellow Christian), [[ NT.Rom.16.1, etc.] NT]