βρύον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βρύω (brúō, “to abound, grow luxuriantly”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /brý.on/ → /ˈβry.on/ → /ˈvri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /brý.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbry.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβry.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvry.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvri.on/

Noun

βρῠ́ον • (brúon) n (genitive βρῠ́ου); second declension

1. sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca)
2. tree moss (Usnea barbata)
3. liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha)
4. clustering male blossom of the hazel
5. (botany, in general) catkin, amentum

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βρῠ́ον; τοῦ βρῠ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βρῠ́ον tò brúon	τὼ βρῠ́ω tṑ brúō	τᾰ̀ βρῠ́ᾰ tà brúa
Genitive	τοῦ βρῠ́ου toû brúou	τοῖν βρῠ́οιν toîn brúoin	τῶν βρῠ́ων tôn brúōn
Dative	τῷ βρῠ́ῳ tôi brúōi	τοῖν βρῠ́οιν toîn brúoin	τοῖς βρῠ́οις toîs brúois
Accusative	τὸ βρῠ́ον tò brúon	τὼ βρῠ́ω tṑ brúō	τᾰ̀ βρῠ́ᾰ tà brúa
Vocative	βρῠ́ον brúon	βρῠ́ω brúō	βρῠ́ᾰ brúa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βρῠόεις (bruóeis)
• βρῠόομαι (bruóomai)
• βρῠοφόρος (bruophóros)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: bryon
  • → Translingual: Bryum

Further reading

• “βρύον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βρύον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βρύον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βρύον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)