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.[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βρᾰ́χεᾰ • (brắkheă) 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
tằ brắkheă
Genitive τῶν βρᾰχέων
tôn brăkhéōn
Dative τοῖς βρᾰχέοις
toîs brăkhéois
Accusative τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́χεᾰ
tằ brắkheă
Vocative βρᾰ́χεᾰ
brắkheă
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)

References

  1. ^ "βράχος" - βράχεα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010), Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre

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