βρέμω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Resembles Proto-Indo-European *bʰrem- (“to make noise”), whence Latin fremō, Middle High German bremen, and obsolete English breme (“famous; tempestuous”). However, the change from PIE *bʰ to Greek /b/ (instead of the expected */pʰ/) would be unexplained. Thus, Beekes takes the word as an independent onomatopoeic formation.[1]
Not related to βρόμος (brómos, “oats”), which has been traditionally compared. The potential connection to βρῶμος (brômos, “stink, stench”), if any, is uncertain.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bré.mɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbre.mo/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβre.mo/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvre.mo/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvre.mo/
Verb
βρέμω • (brémō)
Inflection
Present: βρέμω, βρέμομαι
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | βρέμω | βρέμεις | βρέμει | βρέμετον | βρέμετον | βρέμομεν | βρέμετε | βρέμουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | βρέμω | βρέμῃς | βρέμῃ | βρέμητον | βρέμητον | βρέμωμεν | βρέμητε | βρέμωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | βρέμοιμῐ | βρέμοις | βρέμοι | βρέμοιτον | βρεμοίτην | βρέμοιμεν | βρέμοιτε | βρέμοιεν | |||||
| imperative | βρέμε | βρεμέτω | βρέμετον | βρεμέτων | βρέμετε | βρεμόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | βρέμομαι | βρέμῃ / βρέμει | βρέμεται | βρέμεσθον | βρέμεσθον | βρεμόμεθᾰ | βρέμεσθε | βρέμονται | ||||
| subjunctive | βρέμωμαι | βρέμῃ | βρέμηται | βρέμησθον | βρέμησθον | βρεμώμεθᾰ | βρέμησθε | βρέμωνται | |||||
| optative | βρεμοίμην | βρέμοιο | βρέμοιτο | βρέμοισθον | βρεμοίσθην | βρεμοίμεθᾰ | βρέμοισθε | βρέμοιντο | |||||
| imperative | βρέμου | βρεμέσθω | βρέμεσθον | βρεμέσθων | βρέμεσθε | βρεμέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | βρέμειν | βρέμεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | βρέμων | βρεμόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | βρέμουσᾰ | βρεμομένη | |||||||||||
| n | βρέμον | βρεμόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἔβρεμον, ἐβρεμόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔβρεμον | ἔβρεμες | ἔβρεμε(ν) | ἐβρέμετον | ἐβρεμέτην | ἐβρέμομεν | ἐβρέμετε | ἔβρεμον | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐβρεμόμην | ἐβρέμου | ἐβρέμετο | ἐβρέμεσθον | ἐβρεμέσθην | ἐβρεμόμεθᾰ | ἐβρέμεσθε | ἐβρέμοντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
- βρόμος (brómos, “loud noise”)
- ὑψιβρεμέτης (hupsibremétēs, “epithet of Zeus (the high-thundering one)”)
Related terms
- βροντή (brontḗ)
References
- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βρέμω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 237
Further reading
- “βρέμω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “βρέμω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “βρέμω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- βρέμω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- βρέμω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- βρέμω in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- “βρέμω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter