bracchium
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbrak.kʰi.um/, [ˈbräkːʰiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbrak.ki.um/, [ˈbräkːium]
Noun
[edit]bracchium n (genitive bracchiī or bracchī); second declension
- forearm
- arm (shoulder to fingers)
- limb of an animal (e.g. claw, tentacle)
- branch (of a tree)
- arm or branch of the sea
- (military) earthwork
- (military) arm of a catapult
Declension
[edit]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).
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Balkan Romance:
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Gallo-Italian:
- Ligurian: bràsso
- Gallo-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Island Romance:
Borrowings:
References
[edit]- “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.
Categories:
- Latin terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *mreǵʰ-
- Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin 3-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin nouns
- Latin second declension nouns
- Latin neuter nouns in the second declension
- Latin neuter nouns
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