βράγχιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possible relation to βρόγχος (brónkhos, “trachea, windpipe, throat”), βρογχία (bronkhía, “system of ducts connecting heart with liver”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bráŋ.kʰi.on/ → /ˈβraɲ.çi.on/ → /ˈvraɲ.çi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bráŋ.kʰi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbraŋ.kʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβraɲ.çi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvraɲ.çi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvraɲ.çi.on/

Noun

βρᾰ́γχῐον • (bránkhion) n (genitive βρᾰγχῐ́ου); second declension

1. fin
2. (in the plural) gill

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βρᾰ́γχῐον; τοῦ βρᾰγχῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βρᾰ́γχῐον tò bránkhion	τὼ βρᾰγχῐ́ω tṑ brankhíō	τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́γχῐᾰ tà bránkhia
Genitive	τοῦ βρᾰγχῐ́ου toû brankhíou	τοῖν βρᾰγχῐ́οιν toîn brankhíoin	τῶν βρᾰγχῐ́ων tôn brankhíōn
Dative	τῷ βρᾰγχῐ́ῳ tôi brankhíōi	τοῖν βρᾰγχῐ́οιν toîn brankhíoin	τοῖς βρᾰγχῐ́οις toîs brankhíois
Accusative	τὸ βρᾰ́γχῐον tò bránkhion	τὼ βρᾰγχῐ́ω tṑ brankhíō	τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́γχῐᾰ tà bránkhia
Vocative	βρᾰ́γχῐον bránkhion	βρᾰγχῐ́ω brankhíō	βρᾰ́γχῐᾰ bránkhia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: βράγχιο (vránchio)
• Latin: branchia
  • → Catalan: brànquia
  • → English: branchia
  • → Spanish: branchia
  • → French: branchie
  • Italian: branchia
  • Sicilian: vranchia

Further reading

• “βράγχιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βράγχιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βράγχιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)