Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

βράβυλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βράβυλος βράβυλη βράβυλον

Structure: βραβυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: = bra/bulon, Anth.

Sense

Examples

  • Κλέαρχοσ δ’ ὁ περιπατητικόσ φησι Ῥοδίουσ καὶ Σικελιώτασ βράβυλα καλεῖν τὰ κοκκύμηλα, ὡσ καὶ Θεόκριτοσ ὁ Συρακούσιοσ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 33 2:9)
  • τὰ μὲν μάδρυα οἱο͂ν μαλόδρυα, τὰ δὲ βράβυλα ὅτι εὐκοίλια καὶ τὴν βορὰν ἐκβάλλοντα, ἦλα δὲ οἱο͂ν μῆλα, ὡσ Δημήτριοσ ὁ Ἰξίων λέγει ἐν Ἐτυμολογίᾳ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 33 3:5)
  • Ἄλλο· βραβύλων ἀγρίων Ῥίζασ ἑψεῖν ἐν ὄξεϊ καὶ τρίψαντα ἐσ μᾶζαν, παραμίσγειν Ῥοὸσ, καὶ κόμμιοσ, καὶ μυρσίνησ βραχύ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 62)
  • εἰ δὲ καὶ ἔτρωγεν σῦκα πεπαινόμενα, καὶ βραβύλουσ καὶ μῆλα, τί τηλίκον ἀνδράσι νεκροῖσ δίψοσ ἀπὸ χλωρῶν γίνεται ἀκροδρύων; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3774)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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