βρύον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βρύω (brúō, “to abound, grow luxuriantly”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

βρῠ́ον • (brúon) n (genitive βρῠ́ου); second declension

  1. sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca)
  2. tree moss (Usnea barbata)
  3. liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha)
  4. clustering male blossom of the hazel
  5. (botany, in general) catkin, amentum

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ βρῠ́ον; τοῦ βρῠ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ βρῠ́ον
tò brúon		 τὼ βρῠ́ω
tṑ brúō		 τᾰ̀ βρῠ́ᾰ
tà brúa
Genitive τοῦ βρῠ́ου
toû brúou		 τοῖν βρῠ́οιν
toîn brúoin		 τῶν βρῠ́ων
tôn brúōn
Dative τῷ βρῠ́ῳ
tôi brúōi		 τοῖν βρῠ́οιν
toîn brúoin		 τοῖς βρῠ́οις
toîs brúois
Accusative τὸ βρῠ́ον
tò brúon		 τὼ βρῠ́ω
tṑ brúō		 τᾰ̀ βρῠ́ᾰ
tà brúa
Vocative βρῠ́ον
brúon		 βρῠ́ω
brúō		 βρῠ́ᾰ
brúa
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • βρῠόεις (bruóeis)
  • βρῠόομαι (bruóomai)
  • βρῠοφόρος (bruophóros)

Descendants
  • → Latin: bryon

Further reading
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