βραβείο

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βραβεῖον (brabeîon), related to βραβεύς (brabeús, judge at the games), from Proto-Hellenic *mŕ̥gʷ-, probably ultimately of Pre-Greek origin, suggesting that the athletic games themselves could have been of Pre-Greek heritage.[1]

Noun

βραβείο • (vraveío) n (plural βραβεία)

  1. prize, award
    Βραβείο ΊψενVraveío ÍpsenIbsen Award
    Βραβείο ΝόμπελVraveío NómpelNobel Prize
    Διεθνές βραβείο ΜπούκερDiethnés vraveío BoúkerBooker International Prize

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βραβεύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 233-34
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