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|Definition=εῖα (Ion. έα <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.49</span>), ύ, dat. pl. <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> βραχέοις <span class="title">JHS</span>33.317 (Thess.): Comp. <b class="b3">βραχύτερος, βραχίων</b> (cf. [[βράσσων]]): Sup. <b class="b3">βραχύτατος, βράχιστος</b>:—<b class="b2">short</b>, </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">1</span> of Space and Time, <b class="b3">β. οἶμος, ὁδός</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.248</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>718e</span>, etc.; [<b class="b3">αἰών</b>] prob. in <span class="bibl">B.3.74</span>; βίος <span class="bibl">Hdt. 7.46</span>; καιρός <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>9</span>; χρόνος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>939</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>713</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">μῦθος, λόγος</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>505</span>, v.l. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>713</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν βραχεῖ</b> (Ion. <b class="b3">βραχέϊ</b>) in <b class="b2">a short time</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.24</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>217a</span> codd.; διὰ βραχέος <span class="bibl">Th.2.83</span>; μακρὰν συνήθειαν βραχεῖ λῦσαι χρόνῳ <span class="bibl">Men.726</span>; <b class="b3">βραχὺ τῃδὶ μεταστῶμεν</b> <b class="b2">for a moment</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Georg.</span>32</span>; of distance, <b class="b3">β. ἀπόδοσις</b> <b class="b2">short return</b> in ballplay, <span class="bibl">Antiph.234.6</span>; ἐπὶ βραχὺ ἐξικνεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.3.17</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸ βραχέος</b> lamb.<span class="title">VP</span>25.112: Comp., ἡ φάλαγξ -υτέρα ἐγένετο ἀναδιπλουμένη <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.5</span>; τάξιν -υτέραν ἢ πρόσθεν, βαθυτέραν δὲ ποιήσαντες <span class="bibl">Plb.1.33.10</span>; βραχύτερα τοξεύειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.3.7</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">βραχέως, [πολέμους] ἐπ' ἀλλήλους ἐπιφέρειν</b> <b class="b2">scantily, seldom</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.141</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> of Size, <b class="b2">short, small</b>, μορφάν β. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).53</span>; <b class="b3">βραχὺς ἐξικέσθαι θεῶν ἕδραν</b> too <b class="b2">puny</b> to reach... ib.<span class="bibl">7(6).44</span>; β. τεῦχος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1113</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">757</span>; <b class="b3">β. τεῖχος</b> a <b class="b2">low</b> wall, <span class="bibl">Th.7.29</span>; <b class="b3">βραχύ μοι στόμα πάντ' ἀναγήσασθαι</b> my mouth is <b class="b2">too small</b> to... <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.19</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ β. προϊών</b> <b class="b2">little by little</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.64</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Sph.</span>241c</span>; <b class="b3">παρὰ βραχύ</b> <b class="b2">scarcely, hardly</b>, φυγεῖν <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.5</span>; βραχύ τι λωφᾶν ἀπὸ νόσου καὶ πολέμου <span class="bibl">Th.6.12</span>; <b class="b3">ἁλὸς βραχύ</b> <b class="b2">a small quantity</b> of salt, Bilabel <b class="b3">Ὀψαρτ</b>.<span class="bibl">p.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> of Number, <b class="b2">few</b>, <b class="b3">ἐν βραχεῖ</b> in <b class="b2">few words</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.82</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>673</span>; ἐν βραχίστοις <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>6(5).59</span>; ἐν βραχυτέροις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>449c</span>; so <b class="b3">διὰ βραχέων</b> in <b class="b2">few words</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prt.</span>336a</span>; ὡς ἂν δύνωμαι διὰ βραχυτάτων <span class="bibl">D.27.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.16.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>449c</span>; ὡς ἐν βραχυτάτοις <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.18</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">βραχέως, ἀπολογεῖσθαι</b> <b class="b2">briefly, in few words</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.7.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">4</span> of Value or Importance, of persons, <b class="b2">humble, insignificant</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>880</span>; τὸν μὲν ἀφ' ὑψηλῶν βραχὺν ᾤκισε <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Heracl.</span>613</span>; β. τὴν διάνοιαν <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>12.4.1</span>; of things, <b class="b2">petty, trifling</b>, ἀρχὴ β. ἐλπίδος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>121</span>; χάρις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1217</span>; πρόφασις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1180</span>; <b class="b3">β. τις ἀσάφεια</b> a <b class="b2">slight</b> obscurity, Gal.18(1).304; <b class="b3">λυπεῖν τινὰ βραχύ</b>, opp. <b class="b3">μέγ' εὑρεῖν κέρδος</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1304</span>; οὐ περὶ βραχέων βουλεύεσθαι <span class="bibl">Th. 1.78</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">140</span>; β. καὶ οὐδενὸς ἄξιον <span class="bibl">Id.8.76</span>; β. κέρδους ἕνεκα <span class="bibl">Lys.7.17</span>; οὐσία <span class="bibl">Is.10.25</span>: neut. as Adv., <b class="b3">βραχὺ φροντίζειν τινός</b> think <b class="b2">lightly</b> of, <span class="bibl">D.17.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">short</b>, of vowels or syllables, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cat.</span>4b34</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span> 1409a18</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Po.</span>1458a15</span>, <span class="bibl">Heph.1.1</span>, <span class="bibl">D.T.631</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἡ β. προσῳδία</b> the sign, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.113</span>. (Cf. Avest. <b class="b2">m[schwa]r[schwa]zu-</b> 'short', Goth. <b class="b2">gamaurgjan</b> 'shorten', Lat. <b class="b2">brevis</b>.) </span> | |Definition=εῖα (Ion. έα <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.49</span>), ύ, dat. pl. <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> βραχέοις <span class="title">JHS</span>33.317 (Thess.): Comp. <b class="b3">βραχύτερος, βραχίων</b> (cf. [[βράσσων]]): Sup. <b class="b3">βραχύτατος, βράχιστος</b>:—<b class="b2">short</b>, </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">1</span> of Space and Time, <b class="b3">β. οἶμος, ὁδός</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.248</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>718e</span>, etc.; [<b class="b3">αἰών</b>] prob. in <span class="bibl">B.3.74</span>; βίος <span class="bibl">Hdt. 7.46</span>; καιρός <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>9</span>; χρόνος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>939</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>713</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">μῦθος, λόγος</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>505</span>, v.l. in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>713</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν βραχεῖ</b> (Ion. <b class="b3">βραχέϊ</b>) in <b class="b2">a short time</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.24</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>217a</span> codd.; διὰ βραχέος <span class="bibl">Th.2.83</span>; μακρὰν συνήθειαν βραχεῖ λῦσαι χρόνῳ <span class="bibl">Men.726</span>; <b class="b3">βραχὺ τῃδὶ μεταστῶμεν</b> <b class="b2">for a moment</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Georg.</span>32</span>; of distance, <b class="b3">β. ἀπόδοσις</b> <b class="b2">short return</b> in ballplay, <span class="bibl">Antiph.234.6</span>; ἐπὶ βραχὺ ἐξικνεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.3.17</span>; <b class="b3">πρὸ βραχέος</b> lamb.<span class="title">VP</span>25.112: Comp., ἡ φάλαγξ -υτέρα ἐγένετο ἀναδιπλουμένη <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.5</span>; τάξιν -υτέραν ἢ πρόσθεν, βαθυτέραν δὲ ποιήσαντες <span class="bibl">Plb.1.33.10</span>; βραχύτερα τοξεύειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>3.3.7</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">βραχέως, [πολέμους] ἐπ' ἀλλήλους ἐπιφέρειν</b> <b class="b2">scantily, seldom</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.141</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> of Size, <b class="b2">short, small</b>, μορφάν β. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).53</span>; <b class="b3">βραχὺς ἐξικέσθαι θεῶν ἕδραν</b> too <b class="b2">puny</b> to reach... ib.<span class="bibl">7(6).44</span>; β. τεῦχος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1113</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">757</span>; <b class="b3">β. τεῖχος</b> a <b class="b2">low</b> wall, <span class="bibl">Th.7.29</span>; <b class="b3">βραχύ μοι στόμα πάντ' ἀναγήσασθαι</b> my mouth is <b class="b2">too small</b> to... <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>10.19</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ β. προϊών</b> <b class="b2">little by little</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.64</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Sph.</span>241c</span>; <b class="b3">παρὰ βραχύ</b> <b class="b2">scarcely, hardly</b>, φυγεῖν <span class="bibl">Alciphr.3.5</span>; βραχύ τι λωφᾶν ἀπὸ νόσου καὶ πολέμου <span class="bibl">Th.6.12</span>; <b class="b3">ἁλὸς βραχύ</b> <b class="b2">a small quantity</b> of salt, Bilabel <b class="b3">Ὀψαρτ</b>.<span class="bibl">p.11</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> of Number, <b class="b2">few</b>, <b class="b3">ἐν βραχεῖ</b> in <b class="b2">few words</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>1.82</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>673</span>; ἐν βραχίστοις <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>6(5).59</span>; ἐν βραχυτέροις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>449c</span>; so <b class="b3">διὰ βραχέων</b> in <b class="b2">few words</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prt.</span>336a</span>; ὡς ἂν δύνωμαι διὰ βραχυτάτων <span class="bibl">D.27.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.16.9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>449c</span>; ὡς ἐν βραχυτάτοις <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.18</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">βραχέως, ἀπολογεῖσθαι</b> <b class="b2">briefly, in few words</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.7.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">4</span> of Value or Importance, of persons, <b class="b2">humble, insignificant</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>880</span>; τὸν μὲν ἀφ' ὑψηλῶν βραχὺν ᾤκισε <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Heracl.</span>613</span>; β. τὴν διάνοιαν <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>12.4.1</span>; of things, <b class="b2">petty, trifling</b>, ἀρχὴ β. ἐλπίδος <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>121</span>; χάρις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1217</span>; πρόφασις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1180</span>; <b class="b3">β. τις ἀσάφεια</b> a <b class="b2">slight</b> obscurity, Gal.18(1).304; <b class="b3">λυπεῖν τινὰ βραχύ</b>, opp. <b class="b3">μέγ' εὑρεῖν κέρδος</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1304</span>; οὐ περὶ βραχέων βουλεύεσθαι <span class="bibl">Th. 1.78</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">140</span>; β. καὶ οὐδενὸς ἄξιον <span class="bibl">Id.8.76</span>; β. κέρδους ἕνεκα <span class="bibl">Lys.7.17</span>; οὐσία <span class="bibl">Is.10.25</span>: neut. as Adv., <b class="b3">βραχὺ φροντίζειν τινός</b> think <b class="b2">lightly</b> of, <span class="bibl">D.17.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">short</b>, of vowels or syllables, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cat.</span>4b34</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span> 1409a18</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Po.</span>1458a15</span>, <span class="bibl">Heph.1.1</span>, <span class="bibl">D.T.631</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἡ β. προσῳδία</b> the sign, <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>1.113</span>. (Cf. Avest. <b class="b2">m[schwa]r[schwa]zu-</b> 'short', Goth. <b class="b2">gamaurgjan</b> 'shorten', Lat. <b class="b2">brevis</b>.) </span> | ||
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-0462.png Seite 462]] εῖα (βραχέα Her. 5, 49), ύ, kur z, Ggstz von [[μακρός]] z. B. Plat. Phaedr. 267 b; a) von räumlicher Ausdehnung, <b class="b2">kurz, klein</b>, βραχὺς μορφάν Pind. I. 3, 71; [[οἶμος]], [[ὁδός]], P. 4, 248. 9, 68; Plat. Phaedr. 272 a; βραχύτερα τοξεύειν Xen. An. 3, 3, 7; βραχὺ πετέσθαι 1, 3, 5; [[αἰχμή]] Her. 5, 49; φάλαγγα βραχυτέραν ποιεῖν Xen. Cyr. 7, 5, 5; ebenso [[τάξις]] Pol. 1, 33. – b) von der Zeit, ἔν τινι βραχεῖ χρόνῳ Plat. Legg. III, 698 d; ἐν βραχεῖ, in kurzem, sogleich, Her. 5, 24; Plat. Conv. 217 a. Bes. von der Rede, kurz, [[λόγος]], [[σκέψις]] u. ä., Plat.; ἐν βραχεῖ, kurz, mit wenig Worten, Pind. P. 1, 82; ἐν βραχίστοις I. 5, 56; ἐν βραχεῖ λέγειν Soph. El. 637; vgl. O. C. 1581; Eur. Suppl. 556; oft Prosa, ἐν βραχυτέροις λέγειν Plat. Prot. 334 e; ἐν βραχυτάτῳ δηλοῦν Xen. Cyr. 1, 2, 15. Ebenso διὰ βραχέων δηλοῦν Plat. Gorg. 449 a; λέγειν Pol. 1, 15; Luc. Tox. 56; διὰ βραχυτέρων, -τάτων, Plat. Euth. 14 b Gorg. 449 e; κατὰ βραχὺ ἀποκρίνασθαι Plat. Prot. 329 b; κατὰ βραχύ »allmälig« Thuc. 4, 96; Pol. 3, 88. – c) auf die Zahl gehend, βραχέα μέρη, wenig Theile, Plat. Epin. 981 e; Tim. 47 c πλὴν βραχέων; βραχεῖς τινες ἱππεῖς Pol. 4, 19; gering, unbedeutend, [[οὐσία]] Is. 10, 26; Dem. 28, 17; [[κέρδος]] Plat. Legg. XI, 921 c; Dem. 14, 32; [[ἔργον]] Xen. Cyr. 8, 2, 5; βραχὺ καὶ οὐδενὸς ἄξιον Thuc. 8, 76; λόγοι βραχεῖς Soph. O. C. 294, vom Schol. εὐ τελεῖς erkl.; ἀφ' ὑψηλῶν βραχὺν ᾤκισε Eur. Heracl. 614; [[πρόφασις]] I. A. 1180; [[ἀφορμή]] Pol. 1, 69; βραχύ, wenig, λωφᾶν Thuc. 6, 12; φροντίζειν Dem. 17, 4. – Compar. βραχύτερος, βραχύτατος; [[βραχίων]] VLL.; βράχιστος p.; Beispiele oben. – Die von Aristarch bekämpften Glossographen zogen zu [[βραχύς]] als compar. auch die Form [[βράσσων]] Iliad. 10, 226 [[ἀλλά]] τέ οἱ [[βράσσων]] τε [[νόος]] λεπτὴ δέ τε [[μῆτις]], Scholl. Aristonic. ἡ [[διπλῆ]], ὅτι οἱ γλωσσογράφοι [[βράσσων]] ἀντὶ τοῦ [[ἐλάσσων]]. [[οὐδαμοῦ]] κέχρηται τούτῳ [[Ὅμηρος]]. [[ἀποδοτέον]] οὖν βρασσόμενος, ταρασσόμενος διὰ τὸ [[δέος]], οὐχ ἑστηκὼς διὰ τὴν ἀγωνίαν. [[ἅπαξ]] δὲ [[ἐνταῦθα]] κέχρηται τῇ λέξει. Den Anfang des Scholiums schreibt Friedländer so: ἡ [[διπλῆ]] ὅτι οἱ γλωσσογράφοι [[βράσσων]] ἀντὶ τοῦ [[ἐλάσσων]], ἀπὸ τοῦ [[βραχύς]]. ἀλλ' [[οὐδαμοῦ]] κέχρηται τούτῳ [[Ὅμηρος]]. Vgl. unter [[βραδύς]], [[βράζω]] und [[βράσσων]]. | |||
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εῖα (Ion. έα Hdt.5.49), ύ, dat. pl.
A βραχέοις JHS33.317 (Thess.): Comp. βραχύτερος, βραχίων (cf. βράσσων): Sup. βραχύτατος, βράχιστος:—short, 1 of Space and Time, β. οἶμος, ὁδός, Pi.P.4.248, Pl.Lg.718e, etc.; [αἰών] prob. in B.3.74; βίος Hdt. 7.46; καιρός Call.Epigr.9; χρόνος A.Pr.939, Pers.713, etc.; μῦθος, λόγος, Id.Pr.505, v.l. in Pers.713; ἐν βραχεῖ (Ion. βραχέϊ) in a short time, Hdt.5.24, Pl.Smp.217a codd.; διὰ βραχέος Th.2.83; μακρὰν συνήθειαν βραχεῖ λῦσαι χρόνῳ Men.726; βραχὺ τῃδὶ μεταστῶμεν for a moment, Id.Georg.32; of distance, β. ἀπόδοσις short return in ballplay, Antiph.234.6; ἐπὶ βραχὺ ἐξικνεῖσθαι X.An.3.3.17; πρὸ βραχέος lamb.VP25.112: Comp., ἡ φάλαγξ -υτέρα ἐγένετο ἀναδιπλουμένη X. Cyr.7.5.5; τάξιν -υτέραν ἢ πρόσθεν, βαθυτέραν δὲ ποιήσαντες Plb.1.33.10; βραχύτερα τοξεύειν X.An.3.3.7. Adv. βραχέως, [πολέμους] ἐπ' ἀλλήλους ἐπιφέρειν scantily, seldom, Th.1.141. 2 of Size, short, small, μορφάν β. Pi.I.4(3).53; βραχὺς ἐξικέσθαι θεῶν ἕδραν too puny to reach... ib.7(6).44; β. τεῦχος S.El.1113, cf. 757; β. τεῖχος a low wall, Th.7.29; βραχύ μοι στόμα πάντ' ἀναγήσασθαι my mouth is too small to... Pi.N.10.19; κατὰ β. προϊών little by little, Th.1.64, cf. Pl. Sph.241c; παρὰ βραχύ scarcely, hardly, φυγεῖν Alciphr.3.5; βραχύ τι λωφᾶν ἀπὸ νόσου καὶ πολέμου Th.6.12; ἁλὸς βραχύ a small quantity of salt, Bilabel Ὀψαρτ.p.11. 3 of Number, few, ἐν βραχεῖ in few words, Pi.P.1.82, S.El.673; ἐν βραχίστοις Pi.I.6(5).59; ἐν βραχυτέροις Pl.Grg.449c; so διὰ βραχέων in few words, Id.Prt.336a; ὡς ἂν δύνωμαι διὰ βραχυτάτων D.27.3, Lys.16.9, cf. Pl.Grg.449c; ὡς ἐν βραχυτάτοις Antipho 1.18. Adv. βραχέως, ἀπολογεῖσθαι briefly, in few words, X.HG1.7.5. 4 of Value or Importance, of persons, humble, insignificant, S.OC880; τὸν μὲν ἀφ' ὑψηλῶν βραχὺν ᾤκισε E. Heracl.613; β. τὴν διάνοιαν J.AJ12.4.1; of things, petty, trifling, ἀρχὴ β. ἐλπίδος S.OT121; χάρις Id.Tr.1217; πρόφασις E.IA1180; β. τις ἀσάφεια a slight obscurity, Gal.18(1).304; λυπεῖν τινὰ βραχύ, opp. μέγ' εὑρεῖν κέρδος, S.El.1304; οὐ περὶ βραχέων βουλεύεσθαι Th. 1.78, cf. 140; β. καὶ οὐδενὸς ἄξιον Id.8.76; β. κέρδους ἕνεκα Lys.7.17; οὐσία Is.10.25: neut. as Adv., βραχὺ φροντίζειν τινός think lightly of, D.17.4. 5 short, of vowels or syllables, Arist.Cat.4b34, Rh. 1409a18, Po.1458a15, Heph.1.1, D.T.631, etc.; ἡ β. προσῳδία the sign, S.E.M.1.113. (Cf. Avest. m[schwa]r[schwa]zu- 'short', Goth. gamaurgjan 'shorten', Lat. brevis.)
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[Seite 462] εῖα (βραχέα Her. 5, 49), ύ, kur z, Ggstz von μακρός z. B. Plat. Phaedr. 267 b; a) von räumlicher Ausdehnung, kurz, klein, βραχὺς μορφάν Pind. I. 3, 71; οἶμος, ὁδός, P. 4, 248. 9, 68; Plat. Phaedr. 272 a; βραχύτερα τοξεύειν Xen. An. 3, 3, 7; βραχὺ πετέσθαι 1, 3, 5; αἰχμή Her. 5, 49; φάλαγγα βραχυτέραν ποιεῖν Xen. Cyr. 7, 5, 5; ebenso τάξις Pol. 1, 33. – b) von der Zeit, ἔν τινι βραχεῖ χρόνῳ Plat. Legg. III, 698 d; ἐν βραχεῖ, in kurzem, sogleich, Her. 5, 24; Plat. Conv. 217 a. Bes. von der Rede, kurz, λόγος, σκέψις u. ä., Plat.; ἐν βραχεῖ, kurz, mit wenig Worten, Pind. P. 1, 82; ἐν βραχίστοις I. 5, 56; ἐν βραχεῖ λέγειν Soph. El. 637; vgl. O. C. 1581; Eur. Suppl. 556; oft Prosa, ἐν βραχυτέροις λέγειν Plat. Prot. 334 e; ἐν βραχυτάτῳ δηλοῦν Xen. Cyr. 1, 2, 15. Ebenso διὰ βραχέων δηλοῦν Plat. Gorg. 449 a; λέγειν Pol. 1, 15; Luc. Tox. 56; διὰ βραχυτέρων, -τάτων, Plat. Euth. 14 b Gorg. 449 e; κατὰ βραχὺ ἀποκρίνασθαι Plat. Prot. 329 b; κατὰ βραχύ »allmälig« Thuc. 4, 96; Pol. 3, 88. – c) auf die Zahl gehend, βραχέα μέρη, wenig Theile, Plat. Epin. 981 e; Tim. 47 c πλὴν βραχέων; βραχεῖς τινες ἱππεῖς Pol. 4, 19; gering, unbedeutend, οὐσία Is. 10, 26; Dem. 28, 17; κέρδος Plat. Legg. XI, 921 c; Dem. 14, 32; ἔργον Xen. Cyr. 8, 2, 5; βραχὺ καὶ οὐδενὸς ἄξιον Thuc. 8, 76; λόγοι βραχεῖς Soph. O. C. 294, vom Schol. εὐ τελεῖς erkl.; ἀφ' ὑψηλῶν βραχὺν ᾤκισε Eur. Heracl. 614; πρόφασις I. A. 1180; ἀφορμή Pol. 1, 69; βραχύ, wenig, λωφᾶν Thuc. 6, 12; φροντίζειν Dem. 17, 4. – Compar. βραχύτερος, βραχύτατος; βραχίων VLL.; βράχιστος p.; Beispiele oben. – Die von Aristarch bekämpften Glossographen zogen zu βραχύς als compar. auch die Form βράσσων Iliad. 10, 226 ἀλλά τέ οἱ βράσσων τε νόος λεπτὴ δέ τε μῆτις, Scholl. Aristonic. ἡ διπλῆ, ὅτι οἱ γλωσσογράφοι βράσσων ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐλάσσων. οὐδαμοῦ κέχρηται τούτῳ Ὅμηρος. ἀποδοτέον οὖν βρασσόμενος, ταρασσόμενος διὰ τὸ δέος, οὐχ ἑστηκὼς διὰ τὴν ἀγωνίαν. ἅπαξ δὲ ἐνταῦθα κέχρηται τῇ λέξει. Den Anfang des Scholiums schreibt Friedländer so: ἡ διπλῆ ὅτι οἱ γλωσσογράφοι βράσσων ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐλάσσων, ἀπὸ τοῦ βραχύς. ἀλλ' οὐδαμοῦ κέχρηται τούτῳ Ὅμηρος. Vgl. unter βραδύς, βράζω und βράσσων.