βρόχος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• βρυγχός (brunkhós)

Etymology

If the gloss on βρυγχός (brunkhós) is reliable, then the prenasalization points to a Pre-Greek origin. The word has been compared with Proto-Slavic *mèrža (“net”) and Lithuanian márška (“net”). Another connection has been made with μόροττον (mórotton, “plaiting of bark”) but it is uncertain.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bró.kʰos/ → /ˈβro.xos/ → /ˈvro.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bró.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbro.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβro.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvro.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvro.xos/

Noun

βρόχος • (brókhos) m (genitive βρόχου); second declension

1. noose, slip knot
2. snare for birds
3. mesh of a net
4. halter round one's neck

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βρόχος; τοῦ βρόχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βρόχος ho brókhos	τὼ βρόχω tṑ brókhō	οἱ βρόχοι hoi brókhoi
Genitive	τοῦ βρόχου toû brókhou	τοῖν βρόχοιν toîn brókhoin	τῶν βρόχων tôn brókhōn
Dative	τῷ βρόχῳ tôi brókhōi	τοῖν βρόχοιν toîn brókhoin	τοῖς βρόχοις toîs brókhois
Accusative	τὸν βρόχον tòn brókhon	τὼ βρόχω tṑ brókhō	τοὺς βρόχους toùs brókhous
Vocative	βρόχε brókhe	βρόχω brókhō	βρόχοι brókhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βροχίς (brokhís)

Descendants

• Greek: βρόχος (vróchos)

Further reading

• “βρόχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βρόχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βρόχος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Noun

βρόχος • (vróchos) m (plural βρόχοι)

1. loop
2. noose

Declension

Declension of βρόχος

	singular	plural
nominative	βρόχος •	βρόχοι •
genitive	βρόχου •	βρόχων •
accusative	βρόχο •	βρόχους •
vocative	βρόχε •	βρόχοι •