βραδύς

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥dus (“slow”) (which bears some resemblance in form and meaning to Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- (“heavy”)). Cognates include Lithuanian gurdùs (“slow”), Latvian gur̃ds (“tired”), Latin gurdus (“dolt, heavy”).^[1]

βρᾰδῠ́ς • (brădŭ́s) m (feminine βρᾰδεῖᾰ, neuter βραδῠ́); first/third declension

1. slow
2. slow-witted, dull
3. (time) late, tardy

• τᾰχῠ́ς (tăkhŭ́s)

• → Greek: βραδύς (vradýs) (learned)
• Byzantine Greek: βραδύ (bradú)
  • Greek: βράδυ (vrády)
  • Mariupol Greek: врадъи (vraði), врадъмер (vraðmjer)

• “βραδύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βραδύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “βραδύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βραδύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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
• βραδύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• βραδύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G1021 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • dawdling idem, page 197.
  • deliberate idem, page 207.
  • dilatory idem, page 224.
  • gradual idem, page 369.
  • inactive idem, page 427.
  • indolent idem, page 434.
  • laggard idem, page 473.
  • lagging idem, page 473.
  • late idem, page 478.
  • leisurely idem, page 485.
  • lethargic idem, page 486.
  • lingering idem, page 493.
  • loitering idem, page 498.
  • slack idem, page 782.
  • slow idem, page 785.
  • sluggish idem, page 786.
  • stealthy idem, page 814.
  • tardy idem, page 855.
  • tedious idem, page 859.
  • vacillating idem, page 942.
  • wavering idem, page 968.

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βραδύς (bradús).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /vɾaˈðis/
• Hyphenation: βρα‧δύς

βραδύς • (vradýs) m (feminine βραδεία, neuter βραδύ)

1. slow

   Synonym: αργός (argós)

   Antonyms: ταχύς (tachýs), γρήγορος (grígoros)