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βρᾰχ-ίων

brachion1 · ὁ

arm, the shoulder, shoulder of beasts

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What it meant

βρᾰχ-ίων · brach-iōn — LSJ

arm, the shoulder, shoulder of beasts, force of arm

arm (opp. πῆχυς, Pl. Ti. 75a, but = πῆχυς, Arist. MA 698b2), Il. 13.529, Hdt. 5.12, X. Eq. 12.5, Arist. HA 493b26, etc.; πρυμνὸς βραχίων the shoulder, Il. 13.532, 16.323; also, shoulder of beasts, ib. 594b13:—Poet. as a symbol of strength, ἐκ βραχιόνων by force of arm, E. Supp. 478.

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No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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