βράγχιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Possible relation to βρόγχος (brónkhos, “trachea, windpipe, throat”), βρογχία (bronkhía, “system of ducts connecting heart with liver”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bráŋ.kʰi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbraŋ.kʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβraɲ.çi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvraɲ.çi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvraɲ.çi.on/
Noun
βρᾰ́γχῐον • (bránkhion) n (genitive βρᾰγχῐ́ου); second declension
- fin
- (in the plural) gill
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ βρᾰ́γχῐον; τοῦ βρᾰγχῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ βρᾰ́γχῐον tò bránkhion | τὼ βρᾰγχῐ́ω tṑ brankhíō | τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́γχῐᾰ tà bránkhia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βρᾰγχῐ́ου toû brankhíou | τοῖν βρᾰγχῐ́οιν toîn brankhíoin | τῶν βρᾰγχῐ́ων tôn brankhíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βρᾰγχῐ́ῳ tôi brankhíōi | τοῖν βρᾰγχῐ́οιν toîn brankhíoin | τοῖς βρᾰγχῐ́οις toîs brankhíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ βρᾰ́γχῐον tò bránkhion | τὼ βρᾰγχῐ́ω tṑ brankhíō | τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́γχῐᾰ tà bránkhia | ||||||||||
Vocative | βρᾰ́γχῐον bránkhion | βρᾰγχῐ́ω brankhíō | βρᾰ́γχῐᾰ bránkhia | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: βράγχιο (vránchio)
- Latin: branchia
- → Catalan: brànquia
- → English: branchia
- → Spanish: branchia
- → French: branchie
- Italian: branchia
- Sicilian: vranchia
Further reading
- “βράγχιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βράγχιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βράγχιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)