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βραχύς

First/Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: βραχύς βραχεῖα βραχύ

Structure: βραχυ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. (of time) short, brief
  2. (of distance, height) short, small, little
  3. few
  4. (of importance) humble, insignificant
  5. (grammar, of vowels) short

Examples

  • καὶ ἔγνω Ἰωνάθαν καὶ εἶπεν. ἀπήλλαχεν ὁ πατήρ μου τὴν γῆν. ἰδὲ δὴ ὅτι εἶδον οἱ ὀφθαλμοί μου ὅτι ἐγευσάμην βραχύ τι τοῦ μέλιτοσ τούτου. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 14:29)
  • καὶ εἶπε Σαοὺλ πρὸσ Ἰωνάθαν. ἀπάγγειλόν μοι τί πεποίηκασ. καὶ ἀπήγγειλεν αὐτῷ Ἰωνάθαν καὶ εἶπε. γευόμενοσ ἐγευσάμην ἐν ἄκρῳ τῷ σκήπτρῳ τῷ ἐν τῇ χειρί μου βραχὺ μέλι, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀποθνήσκω. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 14:43)
  • ΚΑΙ Δαυὶδ παρῆλθε βραχύ τι ἀπὸ τῆσ Ροὼσ καὶ ἰδοὺ Σιβὰ τὸ παιδάριον Μεμφιβοσθὲ εἰσ ἀπαντὴν αὐτοῦ καὶ ζεῦγοσ ὄνων ἐπίσεσαγμένων, καὶ ἐπ’ αὐτοῖσ διακόσιοι ἄρτοι καὶ ἑκατὸν σταφίδεσ καὶ ἑκατὸν φοίνικεσ καὶ νέβελ οἴνου. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 16:1)
  • ὡσ βραχὺ διαβήσεται ὁ δοῦλόσ σου τὸν Ἰορδάνην μετὰ τοῦ βασιλέωσ. καὶ ἱνατί ἀνταποδίδωσί μοι ὁ βασιλεὺσ τὴν ἀνταπόδοσιν ταύτην̣ (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 19:36)
  • ἠλάττωσασ αὐτὸν βραχύ τι παῤ ἀγγέλουσ, δόξῃ καὶ τιμῇ ἐστεφάνωσασ αὐτόν, (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 8:6)

Synonyms

  1. short

  2. short

  3. few

  4. humble

  5. short

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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