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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

  • βραχὺσ γὰρ χρόνοσ διαγίγνεται, ἐν ᾧ οὐκέτι μὲν φέρεται αὐτῇ τὸ αἷμα, ἔτι δὲ φυλάσσει τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 27 2:2)
  • βραχύσ γε μὴν οὗτοσ, ὡσ μὲν ἰδιώτῃ δηλῶσαι βουλομένῳ τὰ πράγματα ἀποχρῶν, ὡσ δὲ ῥήτορι περιουσίαν δυνάμεωσ ἐνδείξασθαι ζητοῦντι οὐχ ἱκανόσ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 52)
  • βραχὺσ αἰών· (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 15)
  • βραχὺσ ὁ μόχθοσ εἰσιδεῖν. (Euripides, episode 3:31)
  • βραχὺσ λόγοσ. (Euripides, episode, iambic 4:25)
  • βραχ[ὺσ ἄμμιν αἰών· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 3 16:3)

Synonyms

  1. short

  2. short

  3. few

  4. humble

  5. short

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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