βρύον
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom βρύω (brúō, “to abound, grow luxuriantly”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /brý.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbry.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβry.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvry.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvri.on/
Noun
editβρῠ́ον • (brúon) n (genitive βρῠ́ου); second declension
- sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca)
- tree moss (Usnea barbata)
- liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha)
- clustering male blossom of the hazel
- (botany, in general) catkin, amentum
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ βρῠ́ον tò brúon |
τὼ βρῠ́ω tṑ brúō |
τᾰ̀ βρῠ́ᾰ tà brúa | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βρῠ́ου toû brúou |
τοῖν βρῠ́οιν toîn brúoin |
τῶν βρῠ́ων tôn brúōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βρῠ́ῳ tôi brúōi |
τοῖν βρῠ́οιν toîn brúoin |
τοῖς βρῠ́οις toîs brúois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ βρῠ́ον tò brúon |
τὼ βρῠ́ω tṑ brúō |
τᾰ̀ βρῠ́ᾰ tà brúa | ||||||||||
Vocative | βρῠ́ον brúon |
βρῠ́ω brúō |
βρῠ́ᾰ brúa | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “βρύον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βρύον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- βρύον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βρύον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
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- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension
- grc:Botany
- grc:Green algae
- grc:Lichens
- grc:Mosses