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bracchium

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Etymology

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    From Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    bracchium n (genitive bracchiī or bracchī); second declension

    1. forearm
    2. arm (shoulder to fingers)
    3. limb of an animal (e.g. claw, tentacle)
    4. branch (of a tree)
    5. arm or branch of the sea
    6. (military) earthwork
    7. (military) arm of a catapult

    Declension

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    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative bracchium bracchia
    genitive bracchiī
    bracchī1
    bracchiōrum
    dative bracchiō bracchiīs
    accusative bracchium bracchia
    ablative bracchiō bracchiīs
    vocative bracchium bracchia

    1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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    References

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    • bracchium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • bracchium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • bracchium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.