φιλάδελφος

A. loving one's brother or sister, brotherly, sisterly, φ. δάκρυα S. Ant. 527 (anap.); of persons, X. Mem. 2.3.17, Plu. Sol. 27: Sup., Id. Luc. 43; freq. as a title of kings, as of Ptolemy Il and Arsinoe, Wilcken Chr. 106, etc.; of Ptolemy XIII, OGI 185, etc., and of Attalus Il; ib.329.38 (Aegina, ii B. C.), etc.; τῆς Φ. Κύπριδος, of Arsinoe, Posidipp. ap. Ath. 7.318d; of Antoninus and Verus, IG 22.3405, al.; τὸ φ. τῆς ψυχῆς D.S. 17.34. Adv. ‐φως Sch.S.l.c.

2. in NT, loving the brethren, 1 Ep.Pet. 3.8.

II. φιλάδελφον,τό, mock orange, Philadelphus coronarius, Apollod. ap. Ath. 15.682c.

III. φιλάδελφοι,οἱ, name of fabulous stones, Ps.-Plu. Fluv. 11.4.