βραχύς
First/Third declension Adjective;
자동번역
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
βραχύς
βραχεῖα
βραχύ
Structure:
βραχυ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- (of time) short, brief
- (of distance, height) short, small, little
- few
- (of importance) humble, insignificant
- (grammar, of vowels) short
Declension
First/Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- ἐν τῷ εἶναι αὐτοὺσ ἀριθμῷ βραχεῖσ, ὀλιγοστοὺσ καὶ παροίκουσ ἐν αὐτῇ (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 104:12)
- καὶ οὐκ αἰσχύνεται τὴν μὲν ἐλευθερίαν καὶ τὸ ἄνετον τῶν ἐν ἐμοὶ λόγων συντεμών, εἰσ μικρὰ δὲ καὶ κομματικὰ ἐρωτήματα κατακλείσασ ἑαυτόν, καὶ ἀντὶ τοῦ λέγειν ὅ τι βούλεται μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ βραχεῖσ τινασ λόγουσ ἀναπλέκων καὶ συλλαβίζων, ἀφ’ ὧν ἀθρόοσ μὲν ἔπαινοσ ἢ κρότοσ πολὺσ οὐκ ἂν ἀπαντήσειεν αὐτῷ, μειδίαμα δὲ παρὰ τῶν ἀκουόντων καὶ τὸ ἐπισεῖσαι τὴν χεῖρα ἐντὸσ τῶν ὁρ́ων καὶ μικρὰ ἐπινεῦσαι τῇ κεφαλῇ καὶ ἐπιστενάξαι τοῖσ λεγομένοισ. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 28:2)
- ἐγὼ γοῦν ἀκούω καὶ παρ’ ὑμῖν τοῖσ Ἕλλησι πολλοὺσ γενέσθαι τυράννουσ σοφοὺσ ὑπὸ φαύλῳ ὀνόματι δοκοῦντι χρηστὸν καὶ ἥμερον ἦθοσ ἐπιδεδειγμένουσ, ὧν ἐνίων καὶ λόγουσ εἶναι βραχεῖσ ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ ὑμῶν ἀποκειμένουσ, ἀγάλματα καὶ ἀναθήματα τῷ Πυθίῳ. (Lucian, Phalaris, book 1 7:2)
- κύω γὰρ, ὦ γυναῖκεσ, ἀλλ’ αἰδοῖ, φίλαι, ἐν γράμμασι σφῷν τοὔνομ’ ἐξερῶ βρέφουσ, ὀρθὴ μακρὰ γραμμὴ ’ στιν ἐκ δ’ αὐτῆσ μέσησ μικρὰ παρεστῶσ1’ ἑκατέρωθεν ὑπτία, ἔπειτα κύκλοσ πόδασ ἔχων βραχεῖσ δύο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 10, book 10, chapter 802)
- οὗτοσ τὴνοἴκησιν ἔχων παρ’ ὁδὸν ἐστόρεσε δύο κλίνασ, μίαν μὲν μικράν, ἑτέραν δὲ μεγάλην, καὶ τοὺσ παριόντασ ἐπὶ ξένια καλῶν τοὺσ μὲν βραχεῖσ ἐπὶ τῆσ μεγάλησ κατακλίνων σφύραισ ἔτυπτεν, ἵν’ ἐξισωθῶσι τῇ κλίνῃ, τοὺσ δὲ μεγάλουσ ἐπὶ τῆσ μικρᾶσ, καὶ τὰ ὑπερέχοντα τοῦ σώματοσ ἀπέπριζε. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book E, chapter 1 5:2)
Synonyms
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short
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short
- παῦρος (little, small, short)
- ἐλαχύς (small, short, mean)
- τυτθός (little, small)
- τυννός (so small, so little)
- μικρός (little, small)
- ὀλίγος (Of small size: little, small)
- ἀήσυρος (light as air, small, little)
- μικρότης (smallness: littleness, meanness, pettiness)
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few
-
humble
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short