Ἀδελφά

fraternal [things]

Translated by William Hutton · 6 Nov 2000 · Vetting: high · 6 revisions

Translation

[Meaning] familiar [ones], comfortable [ones], fitting [ones].

Ἀδελφά· οἰκεῖα, ἁρμόζοντα, πρέποντα.

Betacode

*)adelfa/: oi)kei=a, a(rmo/zonta, pre/ponta.

The headword is neuter plural of this adjective, evidently quoted from somewhere -- probably Sophocles, Antigone 192 (which generated scholiastic comment), though there are other possibilities.
cf. generally alpha 441, alpha 442.

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