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|Definition=[[βραχεῖα]] (Ion. [[βραχέα]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.49), ύ, dat. pl.<br><span class="bld">A</span> βραχέοις ''JHS''33.317 (Thess.): Comp. [[βραχύτερος]], [[βραχίων]] (cf. [[βράσσων]]): Sup. [[βραχύτατος]], [[βράχιστος]]:—[[short]],<br><span class="bld">1</span> of Space and Time, <b class="b3">β. οἶμος, ὁδός</b>, Pi.''P.''4.248, Pl.''Lg.''718e, etc.; [[αἰών]] prob. in B.3.74; βίος [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 7.46; καιρός Call.''Epigr.''9; χρόνος A.''Pr.''939, ''Pers.''713, etc.; [[μῦθος]], [[λόγος]], Id.''Pr.''505, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in ''Pers.''713; [[ἐν βραχεῖ]] (Ion. [[ἐν βραχέϊ]]) [[in a short time]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.24, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 217a codd.; διὰ βραχέος Th.2.83; μακρὰν συνήθειαν βραχεῖ λῦσαι χρόνῳ Men.726; <b class="b3">βραχὺ τῃδὶ μεταστῶμεν</b> [[for a moment]], Id.''Georg.''32; of distance, <b class="b3">β. ἀπόδοσις</b> [[short]] [[return]] in [[ballplay]], Antiph.234.6; ἐπὶ βραχὺ ἐξικνεῖσθαι X.''An.''3.3.17; <b class="b3">πρὸ βραχέος</b> lamb.''VP''25.112: Comp., ἡ φάλαγξ -υτέρα ἐγένετο ἀναδιπλουμένη [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|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.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of Size, [[short]], [[small]], μορφάν β. Pi.''I.''4(3).53; <b class="b3">βραχὺς ἐξικέσθαι θεῶν ἕδραν</b> too [[puny]] to reach... ib.7(6).44; β. τεῦχος S.''El.''1113, cf. 757; <b class="b3">β. τεῖχος</b> a [[low]] wall, Th.7.29; <b class="b3">βραχύ μοι στόμα πάντ' ἀναγήσασθαι</b> my mouth is [[too small]] to... Pi.''N.''10.19; <b class="b3">κατὰ β. προϊών</b> [[little by little]], Th.1.64, cf. Pl. ''Sph.''241c; <b class="b3">παρὰ βραχύ</b> [[scarcely]], [[hardly]], φυγεῖν Alciphr.3.5; βραχύ τι λωφᾶν ἀπὸ νόσου καὶ πολέμου Th.6.12; <b class="b3">ἁλὸς βραχύ</b> [[a small quantity]] of salt, Bilabel [[Ὀψαρτ]].p.11.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of Number, [[few]], <b class="b3">ἐν βραχεῖ</b> in [[few words]], Pi.''P.''1.82, S.''El.''673; ἐν βραχίστοις Pi.''I.''6(5).59; ἐν βραχυτέροις [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 449c; so <b class="b3">διὰ βραχέων</b> in [[few words]], Id.''Prt.''336a; ὡς ἂν δύνωμαι διὰ βραχυτάτων D.27.3, Lys.16.9, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 449c; ὡς ἐν βραχυτάτοις Antipho 1.18. Adv. [[βραχέως]], [[ἀπολογεῖσθαι]] [[briefly]], [[in few words]], X.''HG''1.7.5.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of Value or Importance, of persons, [[humble]], [[insignificant]], S.''OC''880; τὸν μὲν ἀφ' ὑψηλῶν βραχὺν ᾤκισε E. ''Heracl.''613; β. τὴν διάνοιαν J.''AJ''12.4.1; of things, [[petty]], [[trifling]], ἀρχὴ β. ἐλπίδος [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''121; χάρις Id.''Tr.''1217; πρόφασις E.''IA''1180; <b class="b3">β. τις ἀσάφεια</b> a [[slight]] obscurity, Gal.18(1).304; <b class="b3">λυπεῖν τινὰ βραχύ</b>, opp. <b class="b3">μέγ' εὑρεῖν κέρδος</b>, 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 adverb, <b class="b3">βραχὺ φροντίζειν τινός</b> think [[lightly]] of, D.17.4.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[short]], of vowels or syllables, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Categories|Cat.]]''4b34, ''Rh.'' 1409a18, ''Po.''1458a15, Heph.1.1, D.T.631, etc.; ἡ [[βραχεῖα]] [[προσῳδία]] the sign ◡, S.E.''M.''1.113. (Cf. Avest. mərəzu- 'short', Goth. gamaurgjan '[[shorten]]', Lat. [[brevis]].)