βρέφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷrebʰ-. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic жрѣбѧ (žrěbę) and Irish bromach. Compare also Old Armenian կորիւն (koriwn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bré.pʰos/ → /ˈβre.ɸos/ → /ˈvre.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bré.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbre.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβre.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvre.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvre.fos/

Noun

βρέφος • (bréphos) n (genitive βρέφους or βρέφεος); third declension

1. baby
2. babe in the womb, foetus/fetus

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ βρέφος; τοῦ βρέφους (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βρέφος tò bréphos	τὼ βρέφει tṑ bréphei	τᾰ̀ βρέφη tà bréphē
Genitive	τοῦ βρέφους toû bréphous	τοῖν βρεφοῖν toîn brephoîn	τῶν βρεφῶν tôn brephôn
Dative	τῷ βρέφει tôi bréphei	τοῖν βρεφοῖν toîn brephoîn	τοῖς βρέφεσῐ / βρέφεσῐν toîs bréphesi(n)
Accusative	τὸ βρέφος tò bréphos	τὼ βρέφει tṑ bréphei	τᾰ̀ βρέφη tà bréphē
Vocative	βρέφος bréphos	βρέφει bréphei	βρέφη bréphē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βρεφοτροφεῖον (brephotropheîon)

Descendants

• Greek: βρέφος n (vréfos)

Further reading

• “βρέφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βρέφος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G1025 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βρέφος (bréphos), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrebʰ-

Noun

βρέφος • (vréfos) n (plural βρέφη)

1. baby, infant

Declension

Declension of βρέφος

	singular	plural
nominative	βρέφος •	βρέφη •
genitive	βρέφους •	βρεφών •
accusative	βρέφος •	βρέφη •
vocative	βρέφος •	βρέφη •

Synonyms

• μωρό n (moró)