βραχίων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From βρᾰχῠ́ς (brakhús, “short”) + -ίων (-íōn), because the upper arm is shorter than the forearm.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bra.kʰǐː.ɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /braˈkʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βraˈçi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vraˈçi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vraˈçi.on/
Noun
βρᾰχῑ́ων • (brakhī́ōn) m (genitive βρᾰχῑ́ονος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ βρᾰχῑ́ων ho brakhī́ōn |
τὼ βρᾰχῑ́ονε tṑ brakhī́one |
οἱ βρᾰχῑ́ονες hoi brakhī́ones | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βρᾰχῑ́ονος toû brakhī́onos |
τοῖν βρᾰχῑόνοιν toîn brakhīónoin |
τῶν βρᾰχῑόνων tôn brakhīónōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βρᾰχῑ́ονῐ tôi brakhī́oni |
τοῖν βρᾰχῑόνοιν toîn brakhīónoin |
τοῖς βρᾰχῑ́οσῐ / βρᾰχῑ́οσῐν toîs brakhī́osi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν βρᾰχῑ́ονᾰ tòn brakhī́ona |
τὼ βρᾰχῑ́ονε tṑ brakhī́one |
τοὺς βρᾰχῑ́ονᾰς toùs brakhī́onas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βρᾰχῖον brakhîon |
βρᾰχῑ́ονε brakhī́one |
βρᾰχῑ́ονες brakhī́ones | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πρυμνὸς βρᾰχῑ́ων (prumnòs brakhī́ōn, “shoulder”)
Descendants
- Latin: bracchium
Adjective
βρᾰχίων • (brakhíōn) m or f (neuter βρᾰχίον); third declension
- comparative degree of βρᾰχῠ́ς (brakhús): shorter
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | βρᾰχίων brakhíōn |
βρᾰχίον brakhíon |
βρᾰχίονε brakhíone |
βρᾰχίονε brakhíone |
βρᾰχίονες / βρᾰχίους brakhíones / brakhíous |
βρᾰχίονᾰ / βρᾰχίω brakhíona / brakhíō | ||||||||
| Genitive | βρᾰχίονος brakhíonos |
βρᾰχίονος brakhíonos |
βρᾰχιόνοιν brakhiónoin |
βρᾰχιόνοιν brakhiónoin |
βρᾰχιόνων brakhiónōn |
βρᾰχιόνων brakhiónōn | ||||||||
| Dative | βρᾰχίονῐ brakhíoni |
βρᾰχίονῐ brakhíoni |
βρᾰχιόνοιν brakhiónoin |
βρᾰχιόνοιν brakhiónoin |
βρᾰχίοσῐ / βρᾰχίοσῐν brakhíosi(n) |
βρᾰχίοσῐ / βρᾰχίοσῐν brakhíosi(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | βρᾰχίονᾰ / βρᾰχίω brakhíona / brakhíō |
βρᾰχίον brakhíon |
βρᾰχίονε brakhíone |
βρᾰχίονε brakhíone |
βρᾰχίονᾰς / βρᾰχίους brakhíonas / brakhíous |
βρᾰχίονᾰ / βρᾰχίω brakhíona / brakhíō | ||||||||
| Vocative | βρᾰχίον brakhíon |
βρᾰχίον brakhíon |
βρᾰχίονε brakhíone |
βρᾰχίονε brakhíone |
βρᾰχίονες / βρᾰχίους brakhíones / brakhíous |
βρᾰχίονᾰ / βρᾰχίω brakhíona / brakhíō | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| βρᾰχίον brakhíon |
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Further reading
- “βρᾰχίων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press (noun)
- “βρᾰχίων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press (adjective)
- “βραχίων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “βραχίων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- βραχίων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βραχίων in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- βραχίων in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- G1023 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- βραχίων in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 40
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βραχίων, -ονος”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 236
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