Φρήτρα
brotherhood, phratry
Translated by David Whitehead11 Nov 2010Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φρήτρα· ἡ συγγένεια. οἳ σφᾶς ἐκόσμουν, καὶ διεῖλεν ἐς φρήτρας λόχους τε καὶ φάλαγγας, ὥσπερ ἀνθρώπους.
Betacode
*frh/tra: h( sugge/neia. oi(\ sfa=s e)ko/smoun, kai\ diei=len e)s frh/tras lo/xous te kai\ fa/laggas, w(/sper a)nqrw/pous.
Notes (2)
- 1cf. phi 281. The headword here conflates the Attic form
fra/tra and Ionicfrh/trh . Similarly in other lexica. ↩ - 2An approximation of Babrius, Fables 31.9-10 (on the steps taken by the mice when defeated by the weasels); cf. tau 1076. Read plural
diei=lon for the Suda'sdiei=len , andw(s par' a)nqrw/pois . ↩
Linked from2 entries
- φ281Φρήτρηbrotherhood, phratry[Meaning] kinship. Also [sc. attested is the form] frh/trh.
- φ694Φράτορεςphratry-members[fra/tores] and fratri/ai ["phratries"] and fratri/arxos ["phratriarch"]: a phratry is the third part of the tribe [fulh/], so he who led this part used to be called phratriarch; he was enrolled among the…
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Revision history4 revisions · last 28 Mar 2023
- another keyword — Catharine Roth
- expanded n.1 — David Whitehead
- another x-ref — David Whitehead
- augmented note, set status — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead