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|Definition=ὁ, ''poet.'' Noun,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[mortal]] [[man]], opp. [[ἀθάνατος]] or [[θεός]], in Hom. usually Subst., οἷοι νῦν βροτοί εἰσι Il.5.304, al.; βροτὸς εἰς θεόν E. ''Andr.''1196 (lyr.); λόγος τις Ζῆνα μιχθῆναι βροτῷ A.''Supp.''295; θεοῦ δὲ πληγὴν οὐχ ὑπερπηδᾷ βροτός S.''Fr.''961; [[βροτοί]], opp. [[νεκροί]], Id.''Ant.'' 850 (lyr.); but β. ἀνήρ Il.5.361; and so β. ἔθνος Pi.''P.''10.28: as fem., β. αὐδήεσσα Od.5.334; β. οὖσαν ''AP''9.89 (Phil.); but βροταί· γυναῖκες, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] ([[si vera lectio|s.v.l.]]): freq. in gen. pl., after πολλοί B.1.42, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]'' 981, etc.; after [[τίς]] ib.437, etc.; [[βροτοί]] never takes the Art. in Trag. and Com., exc. when an Adj. or Pron. is added, <b class="b3">τῶν πολυπόνων β.</b> [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''175; <b class="b3">ἡμεῖς οἱ β.</b> [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''601, ''Pax''849, cf. Sannyr.1; <b class="b3">οἱ ταλαίπωροι β.</b> Alex.66; <b class="b3">οἱ πάντες β.</b> Men.538.8.—Rare in Prose, Pl. ''R.''566d, Arist.''Top.''133a31, 149a7.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of the [[dead]], A.''Ch.''129 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[νεκροῖς]] Sch.). (From [[Μροτός]] (cf. [[ἄμβροτος]], [[μορτός]]), Skt. mṛtás '[[dead]]', Lat. [[morior]], etc.)