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βρέγμα

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: βρέγμα βρέγμης

Structure: βρεγμ (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. the bone directly above the brain

Declension

First 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.

Examples

  • οἶσθ’ ᾧ προσέοικεν, ὦ Κρέων, τὸ βρέγμα σου; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 32 2:2)
  • ἥδε ἡ περίοδοσ οὐ κάρτα δηθύνει · καὶ τοῖσι μὲν ἡ κεφαλὴ ἀλγέει πᾶσα· καὶ ἥδε ἄλλοτε μὲν ἐπὶ δεξιά· ἄλλοτε δὲ ἐπ’ ἀριστερά· ἢ μέτωπον, ἢ βρέγμα, καὶ ταῦτα ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ ἡμέρῃ Ῥεμβώδεα τρόπον. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 11)
  • ἐπὶ μᾶλλον δὲ ὑπνωτικὸν μήκων ἀφεψηθεῖσα ἐν λίπαϊ, ἔσ τε τὸ τῆσ κεφαλῆσ βρέγμα, ἢ ὕδατι ἐσ τὸ πρόσωπον ξὺν σπογγιῇ· ὑποτιθέναι δὲ χρὴ καὶ αὐτὰσ ὅλασ, εἰ εἰε͂ν νεοδρεπεῖσ, χλωρὰσ τοῖσι ὑποκεφαλαίοισι. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 51)
  • τρόποσ δὲ πυρίησ· ὑποτετάσθαι δεῖ τοῖσ τένουσι ὑπτίοισι τὰ πυριάματα ἄχρι τῆσ κορυφῆσ · προσωτέρω δὲ ἐπὶ τὸ βρέγμα μὴ προβαίνειν. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 246)
  • βρέγμα πάλαι λαχναῖον, ἐρημαῖόν τε κέλυφοσ ὄμματοσ, ἀγλώσσου θ’ ἁρμονίη στόματοσ, ψυχῆσ ἀσθενὲσ ἑρ́κοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 4391)

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