βρά
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Elean. Possibly borrowed from Illyrian, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”),[1][2] in which case a doublet of φράτηρ (phrátēr).
Noun edit
βρά • (brá)
- (Elean, hapax) brother(s)
- Synonym: ἀδελφοί (adelphoí)
- 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Β:
- βρά· ἀδελφοί, ὑπὸ Ἠλείων
- brá; adelphoí, hupò Ēleíōn
- brá: brothers, among the Eleans
References edit
- ^ Katičić, Radoslav (1976) Ancient Languages of the Balkans, page 171
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βρά”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 233