βροτολοιγός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βροτός (brotós, “mortal”) + λοίγιος (loígios) / λοιγός (“deadly”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bro.to.loi̯.ɡós/ → /βro.to.lyˈɣos/ → /vro.to.liˈɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bro.to.loi̯.ɡós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bro.to.lyˈɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βro.to.lyˈɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vro.to.lyˈɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vro.to.liˈɣos/

Adjective

βροτολοιγός • (brotoloigós) m or f (neuter βροτολοιγόν); second declension

1. bane of men, plague of man, epithet of Mars (Ares)

   βροτολοιγός ἔρως ― brotoloigós érōs ― love which consumes men

   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.31:

     “Ἆρες Ἄρες βροτολοιγὲ μιαιφόνε τειχεσιπλῆτα

     “Âres Áres brotoloigè miaiphóne teikhesiplêta

     Ares, Ares, thou bane of mortals, thou blood-stained stormer of walls

     English translation by A.T. Murray @perseus

     Goddess Athena addresses Ares (Mars)

   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 5.455:

     Apollo speaks the same phrase: Ἆρες Ἄρες βροτολοιγὲ μιαιφόνε τειχεσιπλῆτα (Âres Áres brotoloigè miaiphóne teikhesiplêta)

     Apollo speaks the same phrase: Âres Áres brotoloigè miaiphóne teikhesiplêta (Âres Áres brotoloigè miaiphóne teikhesiplêta)

Inflection

Second declension of βροτολοιγός; βροτολοιγόν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		βροτολοιγός brotoloigós	βροτολοιγόν brotoloigón		βροτολοιγώ brotoloigṓ	βροτολοιγώ brotoloigṓ		βροτολοιγοί brotoloigoí	βροτολοιγᾰ́ brotoloigắ
Genitive		βροτολοιγοῦ brotoloigoû	βροτολοιγοῦ brotoloigoû		βροτολοιγοῖν brotoloigoîn	βροτολοιγοῖν brotoloigoîn		βροτολοιγῶν brotoloigôn	βροτολοιγῶν brotoloigôn
Dative		βροτολοιγῷ brotoloigôi	βροτολοιγῷ brotoloigôi		βροτολοιγοῖν brotoloigoîn	βροτολοιγοῖν brotoloigoîn		βροτολοιγοῖς brotoloigoîs	βροτολοιγοῖς brotoloigoîs
Accusative		βροτολοιγόν brotoloigón	βροτολοιγόν brotoloigón		βροτολοιγώ brotoloigṓ	βροτολοιγώ brotoloigṓ		βροτολοιγούς brotoloigoús	βροτολοιγᾰ́ brotoloigắ
Vocative		βροτολοιγέ brotoloigé	βροτολοιγόν brotoloigón		βροτολοιγώ brotoloigṓ	βροτολοιγώ brotoloigṓ		βροτολοιγοί brotoloigoí	βροτολοιγᾰ́ brotoloigắ
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		βροτολοιγῶς brotoloigôs			βροτολοιγότερος brotoloigóteros			βροτολοιγότᾰτος brotoloigótătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “βροτολοιγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βροτολοιγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “βροτολοιγός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βροτολοιγός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)