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βρία

bria

196 — grec

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What it meant

1. βρία · bria — Chantraine

βρία — 196 — grec. Suivant Lidén, Frisk évoque tokh. A ri, B riye, eviter. Il y aurait un w- initial. Mais voir Pisani, KZ 75, 1957, 78 sq. ‘ — [Chantraine, s.v. βρία, p. 210]

2. βρία · bria — Frisk

βρία —= πόλις, τεῖχος, thrakisches Wort (Str. 7,6, 1), βροίαν" τὴν En’ ἀγροῖς (ἄκροις 1) κώμην H. — Zu toch. Ari, Briye ‘Stadt’, < *uriia. Liden Aufsätze für Kuhn 143ff. Hierher vielleicht auch ῥίον “Berghöhe, Vorgebirge’ (8. d.). — [Frisk, s.v. βρία, p. 300]

3. βρία · bria — LSJ

= πόλις (Thracian), Str. 7.6.1; but, = κώμη, Hsch.

Where it came from

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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