adelphis

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀδελφίς (adelphís).

Pronunciation

Noun

adelphis f (genitive adelphidis); third declension

  1. type of date (that hangs in pairs)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative adelphis adelphidēs
genitive adelphidis adelphidum
dative adelphidī adelphidibus
accusative adelphidem adelphidēs
ablative adelphide adelphidibus
vocative adelphis adelphidēs

References

  • “adelphis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adelphis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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