βραχίων
μηδέν' ὀλβίζειν, πρὶν ἂν τέρμα τοῦ βίου περάσῃ μηδὲν ἀλγεινὸν παθών → Count no man blessed 'til he's passed the endpoint of his life without grievous suffering. (Sophocles, King Oedipus 1529f.)
English (LSJ)
[ῑ], ονος, ὁ,
A arm (opp. πῆχυς, Pl.Ti.75a, but = πῆχυς, Arist.MA698b2), Il.13.529, Hdt.5.12, X.Eq.12.5, Arist.HA493b26, etc.; πρυμνὸς βραχίων the shoulder, Il.13.532, 16.323; also, shoulder of beasts, ib.594b13:—Poet. as a symbol of strength, ἐκ βραχιόνων by force of arm, E.Supp.478.
βρᾰχίων [Ion. ῐ, Att. ῑ], βράχιστος, Comp. and Sup. of βραχύς.
German (Pape)
[Seite 461] ονος, ὁ, der Arm, Hom. Iliad. 12, 389. 13, 529. 16, 510 Odyss. 18, 69; πρυμνὸς βραχίων, der Theil des Arms, welcher der Schulter zunächst ist, Iliad. 16, 323. 13, 532; – Eur. Hec. 15; Plat. Tim. 75 a; – auch von Thieren, = die Schulter, Ar. H. A. 8, 5.
