Φιλαδέλφεια
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Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
From Φιλάδελφος (Philádelphos, “brother-loving”), a surname given to Attalus II Philadelphus by his brother because of his loyalty, from φιλέω (philéō) "I love" and ἀδελφός (adelphós) "brother."
Pronunciation edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰi.la.dél.pʰeː.a/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pʰi.laˈdel.pʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɸi.laˈðel.ɸi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /fi.laˈðel.fi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /fi.laˈðel.fi.a/
Proper noun edit
Φῐλᾰδέλφειᾰ • (Philadélpheia) f (genitive Φῐλᾰδελφείᾱς); first declension
- Philadelphia, the name of a number of Ancient cities.
- The name of a festival given in honour of Ptolemy II Philadelphus.
Declension edit
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ Φῐλᾰδέλφειᾰ hē Philadélpheia | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς Φῐλᾰδελφείᾱς tês Philadelpheíās | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῇ Φῐλᾰδελφείᾳ têi Philadelpheíāi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν Φῐλᾰδέλφειᾰν tḕn Philadélpheian | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Φῐλᾰδέλφειᾰ Philadélpheia | ||||||||||||
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Related terms edit
- φιλαδελφία (philadelphía, “fraternal love”)
Descendants edit
- Arabic: فِيلَادِلْفِيَا (fīlādilfiyā)
- English: Philadelphia
- German: Philadelphia
- Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια (Filadélfeia)
- Hebrew: פילדלפיה (Filadelfya)
- Italian: Filadelfia
- Latin: Philadelphia
- Portuguese: Filadélfia
- Spanish: Filadelfia
- Turkish: Philadelphia
Further reading edit
- “Φιλαδέλφεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- G5359 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible