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φράτρα

φράτρα, a brotherhood

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φατρίαν Noun: feminine accusative singular of φράτρα

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φράτρα, ἡ, dat. φράτρῃ OGI 483.87 (Pergam., ii B. C.), Ion. φρήτρη, Dor. πάτρα (q. v.), Delph. πατριά (q. v.), Att. φρατρία; also φατρία and φάτρα (v. infr.):—
  • prop. brotherhood, but among the Greeks always in polit. sense, cf. Dicaearch.Hist. 9:
    • I in Hom., tribe, clan, κρῖνʼ ἄνδρας . . κατὰ φρήτρας, ὡς φρήτρη φρήτρηφιν ἀρήγῃ choose men by clans, that clan may stand by clan, Il. 2.362; of the Persian royal clan (the Achaemenids), Hdt. 1.125.
    • II later, political subdivision of the φυλή, Pl. Lg. 746d, 785a, Isoc. 8.88, Aeschin. 2.147; φρατρίαι καὶ φυλαί Arist. Pol. 1264a8, cf. 1300a25, 1309a12; freq. in Inscrr., φυλῆς καὶ δήμου καὶ φρατρίας ὧν ἂν βούληται ἀπογραψάμενον IG 1(2).110.16; προσγραψαμένοις πρὸς φυλὴν καὶ φρατρίαν ἣν ἂν βούλωνται ib. 12(5).819.21 (Tenos, ii B. C.); sub-division of a tribe, PHib. 1.28.10 (iii B. C.); of groups celebrating festivals, e.g. the Carnea at Sparta, Demetr.Sceps. ap. Ath. 4.141f; or the Jewish Passover, J. AJ 3.10.5, BJ 6.9.3; perh. = σύνοδος I.2, Pap. in Harvard Theological Review 29.40 (i B. C.).
      • 2 used to translate Lat. curia, Plu. Publ. 7; in form φράτρα, D.H. 2.7, 6.89, al.
      • 3 later, of any league or association, esp. in bad sense, conspiracy (in form φατρία), Lib. Or. 18.141; τῶν πονηρῶν τε καὶ ἀκολάστων φατρίαι ib. 17.2. (The form φάτρα is found in Arcadia, IG 5(2).510 (ii B. C.), and at Tenos, ib. 12(5).798.23 (iii B. C.); φατρία is found at Chios, Michel 997.28 (iv B. C.); at Tenos, IG 12(5).816.16 (iii B. C.); and freq. in codd., e.g. Aeschin. l.c., Arist. Pol. ll.cc., cf. Hdn.Gr. 1.298, 2.598, Orus ap. EM 789.20; cf. φρήτρη, φρητρία.)

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