βραχύς

English (LSJ)

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.)