bravium

Latin

Alternative forms

• brabēum

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βραβεῖον (brabeîon, “prize”); see modern βραβείο (vraveío).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /braˈu̯iː.um/, [bräˈu̯iːʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /braˈvi.um/, [bräˈviːum]

Noun

bravīum n (genitive bravīī); second declension

1. prize, reward

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	bravīum	bravīa
Genitive	bravīī	bravīōrum
Dative	bravīō	bravīīs
Accusative	bravīum	bravīa
Ablative	bravīō	bravīīs
Vocative	bravīum	bravīa

References

• bravium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Antiphonale Monasticum 313 (Desclée et Socii 1934) (rendering I Cor. ix, 24 as: "Nescítis quod ii in stádio currunt, omnes quidem currunt, sed unus áccipit bravíum? Sic cúrrite ut comprehendátis."); Breviarium Romanum, Pars Hiemalis 394 (Fratres Benziger 1906) (same).