βράχεα

See also: βραχέα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A plural neuter as though from βράχος (brákhos), from βραχέα (brakhéa), neuter, plural of adjective βραχύς (brakhús, “short, brief”) as in the phrase "βραχέα (brakhéa) sc. ὕδατα (húdata)] "shallow waters", already in Herodotus.[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /brá.kʰe.a/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbra.kʰe.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβra.çe.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvra.çe.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvra.çe.a/

Noun

βρᾰ́χεᾰ • (brákhea) n pl (genitive βρᾰχέων); second declension

shallows
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.102:
  ἐς θάλασσαν οὐκέτι πλωτὴν ὑπὸ βραχέων.
  es thálassan oukéti plōtḕn hupò brakhéōn.
  at a sea, with too shallow [waters] to be navigable.
  
  2.102.2.@perseus.tufts.edu

Declension

Second declension of τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́χεᾰ; τῶν βρᾰχέων (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́χεᾰ tà brákhea
Genitive	τῶν βρᾰχέων tôn brakhéōn
Dative	τοῖς βρᾰχέοις toîs brakhéois
Accusative	τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́χεᾰ tà brákhea
Vocative	βρᾰ́χεᾰ brákhea
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

> Greek: βράχια n pl (vráchia) (inherited) - see βράχος m (vráchos)

References

"βράχος" - βράχεα - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre