Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

βρῖθος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: βρῖθος βρῖθη βρῖθον

Structure: βριθ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: briqu/s

Sense

  1. weight

Examples

  • διμήτορα δὲ τὸν Διόνυσον ὑπὸ τῶν παλαιῶν ὠνομάσθαι, μιᾶσ μὲν καὶ πρώτησ γενέσεωσ ἀριθμουμένησ ὅταν τὸ φυτὸν εἰσ τὴν γῆν τεθὲν λαμβάνῃ τὴν αὔξησιν, δευτέρασ δ’ ὅταν βρίθῃ καὶ τοὺσ βότρυσ πεπαίνῃ, ὥστε τὴν μὲν ἐκ γῆσ, τὴν δ’ ἐκ τῆσ ἀμπέλου γένεσιν τοῦ θεοῦ νομίζεσθαι. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 3, chapter 62 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. weight

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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