φρατρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• φρᾱτρᾱ (phrātrā), φᾱτρῐ́ᾱ (phātríā)
• φρήτρη (phrḗtrē) — Ionic
• πᾱτρᾱ (pātrā) — Doric

Etymology

From φρᾱ́τηρ (phrā́tēr, “clansman, kinsmen”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā). Cognate with Proto-Slavic *bràtrьja.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰraː.trí.aː/ → /ɸraˈtri.a/ → /fraˈtri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰraː.trí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰraˈtri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸraˈtri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fraˈtri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fraˈtri.a/

Noun

φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ • (phrātríā) f (genitive φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. (in political sense) brotherhood
2. (in Homer) tribe, clan
3. political subdivision of the phyle
4. (at Rome) curia
5. (especially in bad sense) any league or association, conspiration

Inflection

First declension of ἡ φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ hē phrātríā	τὼ φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ tṑ phrātríā	αἱ φρᾱτρῐ́αι hai phrātríai
Genitive	τῆς φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱς tês phrātríās	τοῖν φρᾱτρῐ́αιν toîn phrātríain	τῶν φρᾱτρῐῶν tôn phrātriôn
Dative	τῇ φρᾱτρῐ́ᾳ têi phrātríāi	τοῖν φρᾱτρῐ́αιν toîn phrātríain	ταῖς φρᾱτρῐ́αις taîs phrātríais
Accusative	τὴν φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱν tḕn phrātríān	τὼ φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ tṑ phrātríā	τᾱ̀ς φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s phrātríās
Vocative	φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ phrātríā	φρᾱτρῐ́ᾱ phrātríā	φρᾱτρῐ́αι phrātríai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• φρᾱτρῐᾰ́ζω (phrātriázō)
• φρᾱτρῐᾰκός (phrātriakós)
• φρᾱτρῐ́ᾰρχος (phrātríarkhos)
• φρᾱτρῐᾰσμός (phrātriasmós)
• φρᾱτρῐᾰστής (phrātriastḗs)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: phrātria
  • → English: phratry

Further reading

• “φρατρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• φρατρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette