bravium
Latin
Alternative forms
- brabēum
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βραβεῖον (brabeîon, “prize”); see modern βραβείο (vraveío).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /braˈu̯iː.um/, [bräˈu̯iːʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /braˈvi.um/, [bräˈviːum]
Noun
bravīum n (genitive bravīī); second declension
- prize, reward
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | bravīum | bravīa |
| Genitive | bravīī | bravīōrum |
| Dative | bravīō | bravīīs |
| Accusative | bravīum | bravīa |
| Ablative | bravīō | bravīīs |
| Vocative | bravīum | bravīa |
References
- bravium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- Antiphonale Monasticum 313 (Desclée et Socii 1934) (rendering I Cor. ix, 24 as: "Nescítis quod ii in stádio currunt, omnes quidem currunt, sed unus áccipit bravíum? Sic cúrrite ut comprehendátis."); Breviarium Romanum, Pars Hiemalis 394 (Fratres Benziger 1906) (same).
- Rich, Anthony (1849), “brabeum”, in The Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary and Greek Lexicon, London: Longmans, page 88a