βραχύς

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Ancient GreekEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus ‎(“short, brief”). Cognates include Sanskrit मुहुर् ‎(múhur), मुहु ‎(múhu), Avestan 𐬩𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬎𐬸𐬘𐬍𐬙𐬌 ‎(mǝrǝzu.jīti, “short-lived”), Latin brevis and Old English miriġe (English merry).

PronunciationEdit

 

• IPA: /bra.kʰýs/ → /βra.ˈxys/ → /vra.ˈçis/

• 5th BC Attic: IPA: /bra.kʰýs/
• 1st BC Egyptian: IPA: /bra.ˈkʰys/
• 4th AD Koine: IPA: /βra.ˈxys/
• 10th AD Byzantine: IPA: /vra.ˈçys/
• 15th AD Constantinopolitan: IPA: /vra.ˈçis/

AdjectiveEdit

βρᾰχῠ́ς • ‎(brakhús) m ‎(feminine βρᾰχεῖᾰ, neuter βρᾰχῠ́); first/third declension

1. (of time) short, brief
2. (of distance, height) short, small, little
3. few
4. (of importance) humble, insignificant
5. (grammar, of vowels) short

InflectionEdit

    First and third declension of βρᾰχῠ́ς, βρᾰχεῖᾰ, βρᾰχῠ́

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	βρᾰχῠ́ς	βρᾰχεῖᾰ	βρᾰχῠ́	βρᾰχέε	βρᾰχείᾱ	βρᾰχέε	βρᾰχεῖς	βρᾰχεῖαι	βρᾰχέᾰ
Genitive	βρᾰχέος	βρᾰχείᾱς	βρᾰχέος	βρᾰχέοιν	βρᾰχείαιν	βρᾰχέοιν	βρᾰχέων	βρᾰχειῶν	βρᾰχέων
Dative	βρᾰχεῖ	βρᾰχείᾳ	βρᾰχεῖ	βρᾰχέοιν	βρᾰχείαιν	βρᾰχέοιν	βρᾰχέσι(ν)	βρᾰχείαις	βρᾰχέσι(ν)
Accusative	βρᾰχῠ́ν	βρᾰχεῖᾰν	βρᾰχῠ́	βρᾰχέε	βρᾰχείᾱ	βρᾰχέε	βρᾰχεῖς	βρᾰχείᾱς	βρᾰχέᾰ
Vocative	βρᾰχῠ́	βρᾰχεῖᾰ	βρᾰχῠ́	βρᾰχέε	βρᾰχείᾱ	βρᾰχέε	βρᾰχεῖς	βρᾰχεῖαι	βρᾰχέᾰ

Derived termsEdit

• βρᾰχεῖᾰ ‎(brakheîa)
• βρᾰχῑ́ων ‎(brakhī́ōn)
• βρᾰχῠδᾰ́κτῠλος ‎(brakhudáktulos)
• τρῐ́βρᾰχῠς ‎(tríbrakhus)

ReferencesEdit

• βραχύς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βραχύς in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «βραχύς» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• «βραχύς» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• βραχύς in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “G1024”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • brief idem, page 98.
  • compendious idem, page 150.
  • cursory idem, page 191.
  • diminutive idem, page 225.
  • distant idem, page 240.
  • faint idem, page 302.
  • fleet idem, page 327.
  • humble idem, page 409.
  • hurried idem, page 411.
  • inglorious idem, page 440.
  • insensible idem, page 444.
  • insignificant idem, page 445.
  • jejune idem, page 462.
  • languid idem, page 475.
  • limited idem, page 492.
  • little idem, page 495.
  • low idem, page 502.
  • meagre idem, page 519.
  • mean idem, page 519.
  • measured idem, page 521.
  • minor idem, page 531.
  • minute idem, page 532.
  • obscure idem, page 566.
  • paltry idem, page 590.
  • petty idem, page 609.
  • remote idem, page 694.
  • scant idem, page 737.
  • short idem, page 768.
  • slender idem, page 783.
  • slight idem, page 784.
  • small idem, page 786.
  • stunted idem, page 829.
  • succinct idem, page 834.
  • trifling idem, page 895.
  • trivial idem, page 896.
  • unimportant idem, page 922.