Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ νῦν ἡμέτεροι ἀδελφοὶ βραχὺν ὑπενέγκαντεσ πόνον ἀεννάου ζωῆσ ὑπὸ διαθήκην Θεοῦ πεπτώκασι. σὺ δὲ τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ κρίσει δίκαια τὰ πρόστιμα τῆσ ὑπερηφανίασ ἀποίσῃ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 7:36)
  • πάσχειν ταχέωσ καὶ παρὰ βραχὺν καιρόν. (Aristotle, Virtues and Vices 32:1)
  • βραχύν, ὦ ἄνδρεσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 107)
  • τὸν σιμόν, τὸν βραχύν, ὃσ τὸ κεραμεοῦν τρύβλιον ὑφελόμενοσ ᾤχετο ὑπὸ μάλησ ἔχων μετὰ τὸ δεῖπνον, ὃ μόνον ἡμῖν ὑπῆρχεν εἶδον γὰρ αὐτόσ, ὦ Μίκυλλε. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 14:3)
  • τὰ δ’ οὐδὲν εἰ μὴ βραχὺν ὁμιλῆσαι χρόνον. (Euripides, episode 3:2)

Synonyms

  1. short

  2. short

  3. few

  4. humble

  5. short

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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