βροτός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From earlier *μροτός (*mrotos), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós, *mr̥tós (“dead, mortal”), *mr̥tó-, ultimately from the root *mer- (“to die”). Cognates include Sanskrit मृत (mṛtá), Old Armenian մարդ (mard), Latin mortuus, Old Church Slavonic мрътвъ (mrŭtvŭ) and Old English morþ.

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /brotós/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /brotós/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /βrotós/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /vrotós/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /vɾotós/

Adjective

βροτός m, βροτή f, βροτόν n; first/second declension; (brotos)

1. mortal

Usage notes

Often used as a substantive: “mortal man.”

Inflection

    First and second declension of βροτός, βροτή, βροτόν

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

Antonyms

• θεός (theos), ἀθάνατος (athanatos)

See also

• βρότος

References

• LSJ
• BDAG