βρόχος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βρυγχός (brunkhós)
Etymology
If the gloss on βρυγχός (brunkhós) is reliable, then the prenasalization points to a Pre-Greek origin. The word has been compared with Proto-Slavic *mèrža (“net”) and Lithuanian márška (“net”). Another connection has been made with μόροττον (mórotton, “plaiting of bark”) but it is uncertain.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bró.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbro.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβro.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvro.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvro.xos/
Noun
βρόχος • (brókhos) m (genitive βρόχου); second declension
- noose, slip knot
- snare for birds
- mesh of a net
- halter round one's neck
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ βρόχος; τοῦ βρόχου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βρόχος ho brókhos | τὼ βρόχω tṑ brókhō | οἱ βρόχοι hoi brókhoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βρόχου toû brókhou | τοῖν βρόχοιν toîn brókhoin | τῶν βρόχων tôn brókhōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βρόχῳ tôi brókhōi | τοῖν βρόχοιν toîn brókhoin | τοῖς βρόχοις toîs brókhois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βρόχον tòn brókhon | τὼ βρόχω tṑ brókhō | τοὺς βρόχους toùs brókhous | ||||||||||
Vocative | βρόχε brókhe | βρόχω brókhō | βρόχοι brókhoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- βροχίς (brokhís)
Descendants
- Greek: βρόχος (vróchos)
Further reading
- βρόχος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βρόχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βρόχος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- 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 9789004174207
Greek
Noun
βρόχος • (vróchos) m (plural βρόχοι)
- loop
- noose
Declension
declension of βρόχος
singular | plural | |
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nominative | βρόχος • | βρόχοι • |
genitive | βρόχου • | βρόχων • |
accusative | βρόχο • | βρόχους • |
vocative | βρόχε • | βρόχοι • |