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
- the (upper) arm, the shoulder
- (poetic) a symbol of strength
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ βρᾰχῑ́ων; τοῦ βρᾰχῑ́ονος (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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
Third declension of βρᾰχίων; βρᾰχίον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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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 (2006–2023)
- 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