βριθύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the same Pre-Greek root of βρῖθος (brîthos, “weight”), βρί (brí), βρίμη (brímē, “strenght, might”) and ὄβριμος (óbrimos, “strong, mighty”). Not related to βαρύς (barús, “heavy”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /briː.tʰýs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /briˈtʰys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βriˈθys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vriˈθys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vriˈθis/
Adjective
βρῑθῠ́ς • (brīthús) m (feminine βρῑθεῖᾰ, neuter βρῑθύ); first/third declension
- heavy, weighty
- Synonym: βαρύς (barús)
Declension
First and third declension of βρῑθῠ́ς; βρῑθεῖᾰ; βρῑθῠ́ (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | βρῑθῠ́ς brīthús | βρῑθεῖᾰ brītheîa | βρῑθῠ́ brīthú | βρῑθέε brīthée | βρῑθείᾱ brītheíā | βρῑθέε brīthée | βρῑθεῖς brītheîs | βρῑθεῖαι brītheîai | βρῑθέᾰ brīthéa | |||||
Genitive | βρῑθέως brīthéōs | βρῑθείᾱς brītheíās | βρῑθέως brīthéōs | βρῑθέοιν brīthéoin | βρῑθείαιν brītheíain | βρῑθέοιν brīthéoin | βρῑθέων brīthéōn | βρῑθειῶν brītheiôn | βρῑθέων brīthéōn | |||||
Dative | βρῑθεῖ brītheî | βρῑθείᾳ brītheíāi | βρῑθεῖ brītheî | βρῑθέοιν brīthéoin | βρῑθείαιν brītheíain | βρῑθέοιν brīthéoin | βρῑθέσῐ / βρῑθέσῐν brīthési(n) | βρῑθείαις brītheíais | βρῑθέσῐ / βρῑθέσῐν brīthési(n) | |||||
Accusative | βρῑθῠ́ν brīthún | βρῑθεῖᾰν brītheîan | βρῑθῠ́ brīthú | βρῑθέε brīthée | βρῑθείᾱ brītheíā | βρῑθέε brīthée | βρῑθεῖς brītheîs | βρῑθείᾱς brītheíās | βρῑθέᾰ brīthéa | |||||
Vocative | βρῑθῠ́ brīthú | βρῑθεῖᾰ brītheîa | βρῑθῠ́ brīthú | βρῑθέε brīthée | βρῑθείᾱ brītheíā | βρῑθέε brīthée | βρῑθεῖς brītheîs | βρῑθεῖαι brītheîai | βρῑθέᾰ brīthéa | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
βρῑθέως brīthéōs | βρῑθῠ́τερος brīthúteros | βρῑθῠ́τᾰτος brīthútatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βριθύκερως (brithúkerōs)
- βριθύνοος (brithúnoos)
Further reading
- βριθύς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βριθύς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βριθύς in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- βριθύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βριθύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- βριθύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2020)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN