βράθυ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βορατίνη (boratínē), βόρατον (bóraton)

Etymology

The formation is similar to ἄσχυ (áskhu), μῶλυ (môlu), μίσυ (mísu) and σῶρυ (sôru). The word has been compared to Akkadian 𒄑𒇷 (burāšum), Aramaic בְּרָתָא (bərāṯā) and Hebrew בְּרוֹשׁ (bərṓš), all meaning "cypress", suggesting a Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /brá.tʰy/ → /ˈβra.θy/ → /ˈvra.θi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /brá.tʰy/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbra.tʰy/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβra.θy/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvra.θy/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvra.θi/

Noun

βρᾰ́θῠ • (brắthŭ) n (genitive βρᾰ́θῠος); third declension

1. savin (Juniperus sabina)

Declension

Third declension of τὸ βρᾰ́θῠ; τοῦ βρᾰ́θῠος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βρᾰ́θῠ tò brắthŭ	τὼ βρᾰ́θῠε tṑ brắthŭe	τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́θῠᾰ tằ brắthŭă
Genitive	τοῦ βρᾰ́θῠος toû brắthŭos	τοῖν βρᾰθῠ́οιν toîn brăthŭ́oin	τῶν βρᾰθῠ́ων tôn brăthŭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ βρᾰ́θῠῐ̈ tôi brắthŭĭ̈	τοῖν βρᾰθῠ́οιν toîn brăthŭ́oin	τοῖς βρᾰ́θῠσῐ / βρᾰ́θῠσῐν toîs brắthŭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ βρᾰ́θῠ tò brắthŭ	τὼ βρᾰ́θῠε tṑ brắthŭe	τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́θῠᾰ tằ brắthŭă
Vocative	βρᾰ́θῠ brắthŭ	βρᾰ́θῠε brắthŭe	βρᾰ́θῠᾰ brắthŭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Ge'ez: ቡራት (burat), ቡራቴን (buraten), ቡራቴ (burate)
• → Latin: bratus

Further reading

• “βράθυ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βράθυ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βράθυ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN