Βραχμάν

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /βraxˈman/ → /vraxˈman/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /brakʰˈman/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βraxˈman/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vraxˈman/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vraxˈman/

Noun

Βραχμάν • (Brakhmán) m (genitive Βραχμᾶνος); third declension

1. a Brahmin

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Βραχμᾱ́ν; τοῦ Βραχμᾶνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Βραχμᾱ́ν ho Brakhmā́n	τὼ Βραχμᾶνε tṑ Brakhmâne	οἱ Βραχμᾶνες hoi Brakhmânes
Genitive	τοῦ Βραχμᾶνος toû Brakhmânos	τοῖν Βραχμᾱ́νοιν toîn Brakhmā́noin	τῶν Βραχμᾱ́νων tôn Brakhmā́nōn
Dative	τῷ Βραχμᾶνῐ tôi Brakhmânĭ	τοῖν Βραχμᾱ́νοιν toîn Brakhmā́noin	τοῖς Βραχμᾶσῐ / Βραχμᾶσῐν toîs Brakhmâsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν Βραχμᾶνᾰ tòn Brakhmână	τὼ Βραχμᾶνε tṑ Brakhmâne	τοὺς Βραχμᾶνᾰς toùs Brakhmânăs
Vocative	Βραχμᾱ́ν Brakhmā́n	Βραχμᾶνε Brakhmâne	Βραχμᾶνες Brakhmânes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “Βραχμάν”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 317