Alternative forms

• φρᾱ́τωρ (phrā́tōr) — Attic
• φρήτηρ (phrḗtēr), φρήτωρ (phrḗtōr) — Ionic
• φρᾱτήρ (phrātḗr) — Doric

Etymology

From Proto-HellenicCategory:Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic#ΦΡΑΤΗΡCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic#ΦΡΑΤΗΡ *pʰrā́tēr, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#ΦΡΑΤΗΡCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ΦΡΑΤΗΡ *bʰréh₂tēr. The old kin sense of "brother" was displaced by ᾰ̓δελφός (ădelphós).

Pronunciation

Noun

φρᾱ́τηρ • (phrā́tēr) m (genitive φρᾱ́τερος)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΦΡΑΤΗΡCategory:Ancient Greek nouns#ΦΡΑΤΗΡCategory:Ancient Greek paroxytone terms#ΦΡΑΤΗΡCategory:Ancient Greek masculine nouns#ΦΡΑΤΗΡCategory:Ancient Greek third-declension nouns#ΦΡΑΤΗΡCategory:Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension#ΦΡΑΤΗΡCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΦΡΑΤΗΡCategory:Ancient Greek masculine nouns#ΦΡΑΤΗΡCategory:Pages with entries#ΦΡΑΤΗΡCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ΦΡΑΤΗΡ; third declension

1. member of a community: clansman, kinsman, citizen, "brother" in the non-familial sense (as is usually expressed by "brethren")

Further reading

• “φράτηρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “φράτηρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• φράτηρ in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette