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βρέτας

bretas

wooden image of a god

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Where it lives

Iphigenia in Tauris 12 · 14.46/10k
Eumenides 6 · 11.45/10k
Seven Against Thebes 4 · 7.95/10k
Suppliant Maidens 3 · 6.22/10k
Knights 2 · 2.25/10k
Phoenissae 2 · 2.07/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Electra 1 · 1.32/10k
Lysistrata 1 · 1.26/10k

What it meant

1. βρέτας · bretas — Beekes

βρέτας, -εος [n.] ‘wooden image of a god’ (A.). *DER PN Bpétwv (Attica), Bechtel 19174: 13f. *ETYM DELG suggests that the word is the Doric equivalent of » ξόανον, likewise an image of a god. No etymology (see Benveniste RPh. 58 (1929)128f.). — [Beekes, s.v. βρέτας, p. 285]

2. βρέτας · bretas — Chantraine

βρέτας, -εος : n. «image en bois d’une divinité » (Æsch., E., Ar.) ; Anaxandr. 11 en fait le symbole de l'immobilité stupide. Non homérique, p.-ê. dorien. C'est un équivalent de ξόανον. Le terme s'applique aux vieilles idoles de bois, héritage des pius anciens cultes. Le sobriquet Βρέτων {attique) doit en être tiré, cf. Bechtel, Namensiudien 13. Ei.: Terme méditerranéen sans étymologie, Οἱ. Benveniste, R. Ph. 1932, … — [Chantraine, s.v. βρέτας, p. 209]

3. βρέτας · bretas — Frisk

βρέτας, -cos τι. “hölzernes Götterbild’ (A. usw., auch sp. Prosa). Davon der Spitzname Βρέτων (Attika), Bechtel Namenstudien 13f. Sonst keine Ableitungen. — Mittelmeerwort ohne Etymologie, vgl. Benveniste Rev. de phil. 58, 128f. Indogerm.-pelasgische Erklärung bei v. Windekens Le Pelasgique 15f., 33£. — [Frisk, s.v. βρέτας, p. 298]

4. βρέτας · bretas — Frisk

βρέτας. Gegen die pelasg. Erklärung Hester Lingua 13 (1965) 371. Bptxw. Zu den Ableitungen noch βρέγμα (auch D.S.), βρέξις (X.). βρία. Anders Pisani KZ 75 (1958) 78f.: zu ligur. pruia-. βρίζω ---βΑ βός 57 βρίζω. Auch Aor. Ptz. ἀποβρίξαντες (1 151, μ 7). βρίκελοι. Vermutung bei Groselj Ziva Ant. 7 (1957) 42. — [Frisk, s.v. βρέτας, p. 2182]

5. βρέτας · bretas — LSJ

wooden image

wooden image of a god, A. Eu. 80, al., E. Alc. 974 (lyr.), Ar. Eq. 31, etc.; of a man, IG 7.118 (Megara): in Prose, Str. 8.7.2, Jul. Or. 1.29d.

2 mere image, blockhead

mere image, of a blockhead, Anaxandr. 11.

In the wild

βρέτας · bretas Aeschylus, Eumenides 1021–1024
βρέτας · bretas Aeschylus, Eumenides 240–242
βρέτας · bretas Aeschylus, Eumenides 409–412
βρέτας · bretas Aeschylus, Eumenides 439–441
βρέτας · bretas Aeschylus, Eumenides 445–446
βρέτας · bretas Aeschylus, Eumenides 79–80

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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. βρέτας (scan p. 285; entry #1278).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. βρέτας (scan p. 209; entry #1427).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. βρέτας (scan pp. 2182-2183; entry #6711).

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