βριθύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the same Pre-Greek root of βρῖθος (brîthos, “weight”), βρί (brí), βρίμη (brímē, “strength, might”) and ὄβριμος (óbrimos, “strong, mighty”). Not related to βαρύς (barús, “heavy”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /briː.tʰýs/ → /βriˈθys/ → /vriˈθis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /briː.tʰýs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /briˈtʰys/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βriˈθys/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vriˈθys/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vriˈθis/

Adjective

βρῑθῠ́ς • (brīthús) m (feminine βρῑθεῖᾰ, neuter βρῑθύ); first/third declension

1. heavy, weighty

   Synonym: βαρύς (barús)

Declension

First and third declension of βρῑθῠ́ς; βρῑθεῖᾰ; βρῑθῠ́ (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βρῑθῠ́ς brīthús	βρῑθεῖᾰ brītheîa	βρῑθῠ́ brīthú		βρῑθέε brīthée	βρῑθείᾱ brītheíā	βρῑθέε brīthée		βρῑθεῖς brītheîs	βρῑθεῖαι brītheîai	βρῑθέᾰ brīthéa
Genitive		βρῑθέος brīthéos	βρῑθείᾱς brītheíās	βρῑθέος brīthéos		βρῑθέοιν brīthéoin	βρῑθείαιν brītheíain	βρῑθέοιν brīthéoin		βρῑθέων brīthéōn	βρῑθειῶν brītheiôn	βρῑθέων brīthéōn
Dative		βρῑθεῖ brītheî	βρῑθείᾳ brītheíāi	βρῑθεῖ brītheî		βρῑθέοιν brīthéoin	βρῑθείαιν brītheíain	βρῑθέοιν brīthéoin		βρῑθέσῐ / βρῑθέσῐν brīthési(n)	βρῑθείαις brītheíais	βρῑθέσῐ / βρῑθέσῐν brīthési(n)
Accusative		βρῑθῠ́ν brīthún	βρῑθεῖᾰν brītheîan	βρῑθῠ́ brīthú		βρῑθέε brīthée	βρῑθείᾱ brītheíā	βρῑθέε brīthée		βρῑθεῖς brītheîs	βρῑθείᾱς brītheíās	βρῑθέᾰ brīthéa
Vocative		βρῑθῠ́ brīthú	βρῑθεῖᾰ brītheîa	βρῑθῠ́ brīthú		βρῑθέε brīthée	βρῑθείᾱ brītheíā	βρῑθέε brīthée		βρῑθεῖς brītheîs	βρῑθεῖαι brītheîai	βρῑθέᾰ brīthéa
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		βρῑθέως brīthéōs				βρῑθῠ́τερος brīthúteros				βρῑθῠ́τᾰτος brīthútatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βριθύκερως (brithúkerōs)
• βριθύνοος (brithúnoos)

 

Further reading

• “βριθύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βριθύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “βριθύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βριθύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βριθύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• βριθύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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