bravium
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek βραβεῖον (brabeîon, “prize”); see modern βραβείο (vraveío).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [braˈwiː.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [braˈviː.um]
Noun
bravīum n (genitive bravīī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | bravīum | bravīa |
| genitive | bravīī | bravīōrum |
| dative | bravīō | bravīīs |
| accusative | bravīum | bravīa |
| ablative | bravīō | bravīīs |
| vocative | bravīum | bravīa |
References
- "bravium", 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)
- Antiphonale Monasticum 313 (Desclée et Socii 1934) (rendering I Cor. ix, 24 as: "Nescítis quod ii in stádio currunt, omnes quidem currunt, sed unus áccipit bravíum? Sic cúrrite ut comprehendátis."); Breviarium Romanum, Pars Hiemalis 394 (Fratres Benziger 1906) (same).
- ^ Rich, Anthony (1849) “brabeum”, in The Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary and Greek Lexicon[1], London: Longmans, page 88a