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φράτηρ

φράτηρ, φράτηρ, ὁ, member of a phratry (noun)

φράτ-ηρ [ᾱ], ὁ, gen. φράτερος (v. sub fin.); Dor. φρᾱτήρ Hdn.Gr. 1.47; Ion. φρήτηρ,
  • = ἀδελφός, Hsch.:—member of a φράτρα: pl., those of the same φράτρα, clansmen, A. Eu. 656, IG 2(2).1237.9, al., freq. in Is. (v. infr.); σʼ ὁ πατὴρ εἰσήγαγʼ εἰς τοὺς φ. (which was done when the boy came of age), Ar. Av. 1669, cf. Lys. 30.2; εἰς τοὺς γεννήτας καὶ φ. ἐγγραφείς Is. 7.43; εἰσαγαγεῖν εἰς τοὺς φ. Id. 6.21; οὐκ ἐδέξαντο οἱ φ. ib. 22; γαμηλίαν τοῖς φράτερσιν εἰσφέρειν Id. 3.79; οὐκ ἔφυσε φράτερας, with a play on φραστῆρας (v. φραστήρ), he has not cut his citizen-teeth, is no true citizen, Ar. Ra. 422, cf. Av. 765 (troch.); φράτερες τριωβόλου, of the Athenian dicasts, Id. Eq. 255 (troch.).
      • 2 metaph., of birds, φ. καὶ συγγενής Ael. NA 8.24. (φράτωρ, ορος (q.v.) is freq. found in codd., but is a later form acc. to Hdn.Gr. 1.49, Eust. 239.33; cogn. with Skt. bhrá̄tar-, Lat. frater, Goth. brōþar, ‘brother’, etc.)

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