brachium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bracchium (“arm”). Doublet of braccio.

Noun

brachium (plural brachia or brachiums)

1. (anatomy) The upper arm.

Synonyms

• aftarm (rare, nonstandard)

Translations

upper arm — see upper arm

Latin

Etymology

Probably secondary, via the common substitution of /VC:/ for /V:C/, the inverse of the littera rule (as in Iuppiter).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbraː.kʰi.um/, [ˈbräːkʰiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbra.ki.um/, [ˈbräːkium]

Noun

brāchium n (genitive brāchiī or brāchī); second declension

1. Alternative form of bracchium (“arm”)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	brāchium	brāchia
Genitive	brāchiī brāchī1	brāchiōrum
Dative	brāchiō	brāchiīs
Accusative	brāchium	brāchia
Ablative	brāchiō	brāchiīs
Vocative	brāchium	brāchia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Further reading

• brachium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• brachium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)