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00080: 80. ἀδελφός [α copul. , δελφύς; cf. Lat. couterinus] 0. ἀδελφοί are properly sons of the same mother: I. as Subst., ἀδελφός, ὁ, voc. ἄδελφε (not -φέ), ionic ἀδελφεός, epic -ειός:—a brother, or generally, a near kinsman, ἀδελφοί brother and sister, like Lat. fratres, Eur.; ἀδελφεοὶ ἀπ᾽ ἀμφοτέρων brothers by both parents, i. e. not half-brothers, Hdt.

2. a brother (as a fellow Christian), NTest.

II. adj., ἀδελφός, ή, όν, brotherly or sisterly, Trag., Plat.

2. like Lat. geminus, gemellus, of anything in pairs, twin, Xen.:—then, just like, c. gen. or dat., ἀδελφὰ τῶνδε, ἀδελφὰ τούτοισι Soph.

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