βρέφος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gʷrebʰ-. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic жрѣбѧ (žrěbę) ("foal") and Irish bromach ("colt"). Compare also Old Armenian կորիւն (koriwn) ("cub").
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bré.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbre.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβre.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvre.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvre.fos/
Noun
βρέφος • (bréphos) n (genitive βρέφους or βρέφεος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ βρέφος tò bréphos |
τὼ βρέφει tṑ bréphei |
τᾰ̀ βρέφη tằ bréphē | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βρέφους toû bréphous |
τοῖν βρεφοῖν toîn brephoîn |
τῶν βρεφῶν tôn brephôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βρέφει tōî bréphei |
τοῖν βρεφοῖν toîn brephoîn |
τοῖς βρέφεσῐ / βρέφεσῐν toîs bréphesĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ βρέφος tò bréphos |
τὼ βρέφει tṑ bréphei |
τᾰ̀ βρέφη tằ bréphē | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βρέφος bréphos |
βρέφει bréphei |
βρέφη bréphē | ||||||||||
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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 (2006–2025)
- 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
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βρέφος (bréphos), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrebʰ-.
Noun
βρέφος • (vréfos) n (plural βρέφη)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | βρέφος (vréfos) | βρέφη (vréfi) |
| genitive | βρέφους (vréfous) | βρεφών (vrefón) |
| accusative | βρέφος (vréfos) | βρέφη (vréfi) |
| vocative | βρέφος (vréfos) | βρέφη (vréfi) |
Synonyms
- μωρό n (moró)