βροτός
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[edit] Ancient Greek
[edit] Etymology
From earlier *μροτός, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥tós (“‘dead, mortal’”). Cognates include Sanskrit मृत (mṛtá), Old Armenian մարդ (mard), Latin mortuus, Old Church Slavonic мрътвъ (mrŭtvŭ) and Old English morþ.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (Classical): IPA: [brotós]
- (Koine): IPA: [bro̞tˈo̞s]
- (Byzantine): IPA: [βrotˈos]
[edit] Adjective
βροτός m., βροτή f., βροτόν n.; first/second declension; (brotos)
[edit] Usage notes
Often used as a substantive: “mortal man.”
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case \ Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||
| Nominative | βροτός | βροτή | βροτόν | βροτώ | βροτά | βροτώ | βροτοί | βροταί | βροτά | |||
| Genitive | βροτοῦ | βροτῆς | βροτοῦ | βροτοῖν | βροταῖν | βροτοῖν | βροτῶν | βροτῶν | βροτῶν | |||
| Dative | βροτῷ | βροτῇ | βροτῷ | βροτοῖν | βροταῖν | βροτοῖν | βροτοῖς | βροταῖς | βροτοῖς | |||
| Accusative | βροτόν | βροτήν | βροτόν | βροτώ | βροτά | βροτώ | βροτούς | βροτάς | βροτά | |||
| Vocative | βροτέ | βροτή | βροτόν | βροτώ | βροτά | βροτώ | βροτοί | βροταί | βροτά | |||
