Φιλαδέλφεια

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Etymology

From Φιλάδελφος (Philádelphos, “brother-loving”), a surname given to Attalus II Philadelphus by his brother because of his loyalty, from φιλέω (philéō) "I love" and ἀδελφός (adelphós) "brother."

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰi.la.dél.pʰeː.a/ → /ɸi.laˈðel.ɸi.a/ → /fi.laˈðel.fi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰi.la.dél.pʰeː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pʰi.laˈdel.pʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɸi.laˈðel.ɸi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /fi.laˈðel.fi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /fi.laˈðel.fi.a/

Proper noun

Φῐλᾰδέλφειᾰ • (Phĭlădélpheiă) f (genitive Φῐλᾰδελφείᾱς); first declension

1. Philadelphia, the name of a number of Ancient cities.
2. The name of a festival given in honour of Ptolemy II Philadelphus.

Declension

First declension of ἡ Φῐλᾰδέλφειᾰ; τῆς Φῐλᾰδελφείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Φῐλᾰδέλφειᾰ hē Phĭlădélpheiă
Genitive	τῆς Φῐλᾰδελφείᾱς tês Phĭlădelpheíās
Dative	τῇ Φῐλᾰδελφείᾳ tēî Phĭlădelpheíāi
Accusative	τὴν Φῐλᾰδέλφειᾰν tḕn Phĭlădélpheiăn
Vocative	Φῐλᾰδέλφειᾰ Phĭlădélpheiă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• φιλαδελφία (philadelphía, “fraternal love”)

Descendants

• Greek: Φιλαδέλφεια (Filadélfeia)
• → Arabic: فِيلَادِلْفِيَا (fīlādilfiyā)
• → Hebrew: פילדלפיה (Filadelfya)
• → Latin: Philadelphia
  • Italian: Filadelfia
  • Portuguese: Filadélfia
  • Spanish: Filadelfia
  • → English: Philadelphia
  • → German: Philadelphia
  • → Turkish: Philadelphia

Further reading

• “Φιλαδέλφεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G5359 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible