bracchium

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbrak.kʰi.um/, [ˈbrak.kʰi.ũ]
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Noun

bracchium n (genitive bracchiī); 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

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bracchium bracchia
Genitive bracchiī bracchiōrum
Dative bracchiō bracchiīs
Accusative bracchium bracchia
Ablative bracchiō bracchiīs
Vocative bracchium bracchia

Descendants

References

  • 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
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