ἔβραχε

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /é.bra.kʰe/ → /ˈe.βra.çe/ → /ˈe.vra.çe/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /é.bra.kʰe/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈe.bra.kʰe/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.βra.çe/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vra.çe/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.vra.çe/

Verb

ἔβρᾰχε • (ébrakhe)

1. to rattle, creak

Usage notes

Attested only in the aorist active. The infinitive βρᾰχεῖν (brakheîn) is attested in Hesychius; otherwise only the third-person singular indicative (ἔ)βρᾰχε ((é)brakhe) is attested.

Conjugation

   Aorist: ἔβρᾰχον

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔβρᾰχον	ἔβρᾰχες	ἔβρᾰχε(ν)	ἐβρᾰ́χετον	ἐβρᾰχέτην	ἐβρᾰ́χομεν	ἐβρᾰ́χετε	ἔβρᾰχον
	subjunctive	βρᾰ́χω	βρᾰ́χῃς	βρᾰ́χῃ	βρᾰ́χητον	βρᾰ́χητον	βρᾰ́χωμεν	βρᾰ́χητε	βρᾰ́χωσῐ(ν)
	optative	βρᾰ́χοιμῐ	βρᾰ́χοις	βρᾰ́χοι	βρᾰ́χοιτον	βρᾰχοίτην	βρᾰ́χοιμεν	βρᾰ́χοιτε	βρᾰ́χοιεν
	imperative		βρᾰ́χε	βρᾰχέτω	βρᾰ́χετον	βρᾰχέτων		βρᾰ́χετε	βρᾰχόντων
		active
infinitive		βρᾰχεῖν
participle	m	βρᾰχών
	f	βρᾰχοῦσᾰ
	n	βρᾰχόν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Aorist: βρᾰ́χον (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	βρᾰ́χον	βρᾰ́χες	βρᾰ́χε(ν)	βρᾰ́χετον	βρᾰχέτην	βρᾰ́χομεν	βρᾰ́χετε	βρᾰ́χον
	subjunctive	βρᾰ́χω, βρᾰ́χωμῐ	βρᾰ́χῃς, βρᾰ́χῃσθᾰ	βρᾰ́χῃ, βρᾰ́χῃσῐ	βρᾰ́χητον	βρᾰ́χητον	βρᾰ́χωμεν	βρᾰ́χητε	βρᾰ́χωσῐ(ν)
	optative	βρᾰ́χοιμῐ	βρᾰ́χοις/βρᾰ́χοισθᾰ	βρᾰ́χοι	βρᾰχεῖτον	βρᾰχείτην	βρᾰχεῖμεν	βρᾰχεῖτε	βρᾰχεῖεν
	imperative		βρᾰ́χε	βρᾰχέτω	βρᾰ́χετον	βρᾰχέτων		βρᾰ́χετε	βρᾰχόντων
		active
infinitive		βρᾰχεῖν/βρᾰχέμεν(αι)
participle	m	βρᾰχών
	f	βρᾰχοῦσᾰ
	n	βρᾰχόν
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Further reading

• “ἔβραχε”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἔβραχε in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βράχω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἔβραχε in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἔβραχε”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press