βράχεα

See also: βραχέα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A plural neuter as though from βράχος (brákhos), from βραχέα (brakhéa), neuter, plural of adjective βραχύς (brakhús, “short, brief”) as in the phrase "βραχέα (brakhéa) sc. ὕδατα (húdata)] "shallow waters", already in Herodotus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /brá.kʰe.a/ → /ˈβra.çe.a/ → /ˈvra.çe.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /brá.kʰe.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbra.kʰe.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβra.çe.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvra.çe.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvra.çe.a/

Noun

βρᾰ́χεᾰ • (brákhea) n pl (genitive βρᾰχέων); second declension

1. shallows
   • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.102:

     ἐς θάλασσαν οὐκέτι πλωτὴν ὑπὸ βραχέων.

     es thálassan oukéti plōtḕn hupò brakhéōn.

     at a sea, with too shallow [waters] to be navigable.

     2.102.2.@perseus.tufts.edu

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́χεᾰ; τῶν βρᾰχέων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́χεᾰ tà brákhea
Genitive	τῶν βρᾰχέων tôn brakhéōn
Dative	τοῖς βρᾰχέοις toîs brakhéois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́χεᾰ tà brákhea
Vocative	βρᾰ́χεᾰ brákhea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• > Greek: βράχια n pl (vráchia) (inherited) - see βράχος m (vráchos)

Further reading

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