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βρᾰχύς

brachus

short

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What it meant

1. βραχύς · brachys — Beekes

βραχύς [adj.] ‘short’ (Hdt., Pi.). «IE *myg*u- ‘short’> eVAR Grades of compar. βραχύτερος, -tatoc, βράχιστος. βραχίων (in this sense only Choerob., elsewhere ‘upper arm’, s.v.); hapax legomenon βράσσων te νόος (K 226), after Bacowv? DIAL Aeol. Bpox vc. *DER βραχύτης, -τητος (Pl); τὸ βράχος (only Procop.). Denominative βραχύνω ‘shorten’ (Hp.). On βράχεα [n.pl.] ‘shallows’ see » βράγος, *ETYM βραχύς (< *mrg'ti-) finds … — [Beekes, s.v. βραχύς, p. 283]

2. βραχύς · brachys — Chantraine

βραχύς : vocalisme éolien βροχύς, «court», en parlant de l'espace et du temps, « bref » (également en parlant de . la quantité des voyelles), parfois « petit, sans importance » {ion.-attique, mais pas hom.}, comp. βραχύτερος, -τατος, mais également βράχιστος (Pi., Soph.), mais βραχίων n'est connu que par les gramm. (cf. Hsch.) qui y voient l'explication du nom du bras (οἵ. s.v.); enfin βράσσων (hapax, 11. 10,226) … — [Chantraine, s.v. βραχύς, p. 207]

3. βραχύς · brachys — Frisk

βραχύς kurz’ (Hdt., Pi. usw.) mit βραχύτερος, -τατος, βράχιστος; βραχέων nur Choerob., H.; sonst im Sinn von °(Ober)arm’, 8. bes.; außerdem als är. Aey. βράσσων re νόος (Καὶ 226), falls nicht zu βραδύς (nach ϑάσσων ἢ), 8. Seiler Steigerungsformen 43, 56f. gegen Curtius Grundz.5 672. — Davon βραχύτης, -tnrog “Kürze’ (Pl., Th. usw.; zur Betonung Schwyzer 528 Α. 7), außerdem βράχεα n.pl. ‘seichte Stellen’ (Hdt., Th. … — [Frisk, s.v. βραχύς, p. 296]

4. βρᾰχύς · brachys — LSJ

short

short,

1 a short time, for a moment, short return, scantily, seldom

of Space and Time, β. οἶμος, ὁδός, Pi. P. 4.248, Pl. Lg. 718e, etc.; [αἰών] prob. in B. 3.74; βίος Hdt. 7.46; καιρός Call. Epigr. 9; χρόνος A. Pr. 939, Pers. 713, etc.; μῦθος, λόγος, Id. Pr. 505, v.l. in Pers. 713; ἐν βραχεῖ (Ion. βραχέϊ) in a short time, Hdt. 5.24, Pl. Smp. 217a codd.; διὰ βραχέος Th. 2.83; μακρὰν συνήθειαν βραχεῖ λῦσαι χρόνῳ Men. 726; βραχὺ τῃδὶ μεταστῶμεν for a moment, Id. Georg. 32; of distance, β. ἀπόδοσις short return in ballplay, Antiph. 234.6; ἐπὶ βραχὺ ἐξικνεῖσθαι X. An

2 short, small, puny, low, too small, little by little, scarcely, hardly, a small quantity

of Size, short, small, μορφάν β. Pi. I. 4(3).53; βραχὺς ἐξικέσθαι θεῶν ἕδραν too puny to reach . . , ib. 7(6).44; β. τεῦχος S. El. 1113, cf. 757; β. τεῖχος a low wall, Th. 7.29; βραχύ μοι στόμα πάντʼ ἀναγήσασθαι my mouth is too small to . . , Pi. N. 10.19; κατὰ β. προϊών little by little, Th. 1.64, cf. Pl. Sph. 241c; παρὰ βραχύ scarcely, hardly, φυγεῖν Alciphr. 3.5; βραχύ τι λωφᾶν ἀπὸ νόσου καὶ πολέμου Th. 6.12; ἁλὸς βραχύ a small quantity of salt, Bilabel Ὀψαρτ. p.11.

3 few, few words, few words, briefly, in few words

of Number, few, ἐν βραχεῖ in few words, Pi. P. 1.82, S. El. 673; ἐν βραχίστοις Pi. I. 6(5).59; ἐν βραχυτέροις Pl. Grg. 449c; so διὰ βραχέων in few words, Id. Prt. 336a; ὡς ἂν δύνωμαι διὰ βραχυτάτων D. 27.3, Lys. 16.9, cf. Pl. Grg. 449c; ὡς ἐν βραχυτάτοις Antipho 1.18. Adv. βραχέως, ἀπολογεῖσθαι briefly, in few words, X. HG 1.7.5.

4 humble, insignificant, petty, trifling, slight, lightly

of Value or Importance, of persons, humble, insignificant, S. OC 880; τὸν μὲν ἀφʼ ὑψηλῶν βραχὺν ᾤκισε E. Heracl. 613; β. τὴν διάνοιαν J. AJ 12.4.1; of things, petty, trifling, ἀρχὴ β. ἐλπίδος S. OT 121; χάρις Id. Tr. 1217; πρόφασις E. IA 1180; β. τις ἀσάφεια a slight obscurity, Gal. 18(1).304; λυπεῖν τινὰ βραχύ, opp. μέγʼ εὑρεῖν κέρδος, S. El. 1304; οὐ περὶ βραχέων βουλεύεσθαι Th. 1.78, cf. 140; β. καὶ οὐδενὸς ἄξιον Id. 8.76; β. κέρδους ἕνεκα Lys. 7.17; οὐσία Is. 10.25: neut. as Adv., βραχὺ φρον

5 short

short, of vowels or syllables, Arist. Cat. 4b34, Rh. 1409a18, Po. 1458a15, Heph. 1.1, D.T. 631, etc.; ἡ β. προσῳδία the sign ⏑, S.E. M. 1.113. (Cf. Avest. mərəzu- ‘short’, Goth. gamaurgjan ‘shorten’, Lat. brevis.)

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. βρᾰχύς (scan p. 283; entry #1272). Root candidates: *mphi-.
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. βρᾰχύς (scan p. 207; entry #1416).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. βρᾰχύς (scan p. 296; entry #1162). Root candidates: *mrhü-, *mrghü-.

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