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|Definition=εῖα (Ion. έα <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.49</span>), ύ, dat. pl. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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>:—[[short]], </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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> [[scantily]], [[seldom]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.141</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> of Size, [[short]], [[small]], μορφάν β. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>4(3).53</span>; <b class="b3">βραχὺς ἐξικέσθαι θεῶν ἕδραν</b> too [[puny]] 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 [[low]] 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> [[scarcely]], [[hardly]], 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of Number, [[few]], <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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of Value or Importance, of persons, [[humble]], [[insignificant]], <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, [[petty]], [[trifling]], 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 [[slight]] 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 [[lightly]] of, <span class="bibl">D.17.4</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> [[short]], 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. [[gamaurgjan]] 'shorten', Lat. [[brevis]].) </span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: adj.<br />Meaning: [[short]] (Hdt., Pi.)<br />Other forms: Comp. <b class="b3">βραχύτερος</b>, <b class="b3">-τατος</b>, <b class="b3">βράχιστος</b>. <b class="b3">ἅπ</b>. <b class="b3">λεγ</b>. <b class="b3">βράσσων τε νόος</b> (Κ 226), (after <b class="b3">θάσσων</b>?), s. Seiler, Steigerungsformen 43. Aeol. <b class="b3">βροχύς</b><br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">βραχύτης</b>, <b class="b3">-τητος</b> (Pl.); <b class="b3">τὸ βράχος</b> only Procop.). Denom. <b class="b3">βραχύνω</b> [[shorten]] (Hp.). On <b class="b3">βράχεα</b> n. pl. [[shallows]] s. [[βράγος]].<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [750] <b class="b2">*mr̥ǵhú-</b> [[short]]<br />Etymology: Agrees with Skt. <b class="b2">múhuḥ</b>, <b class="b2">múhu</b> adv. [[suddenly]], <b class="b2">muhūrtá-</b> n. [[short time]], [[moment]], MInd. form for <b class="b2">*mr̥hú-</b>, Av. <b class="b2">mǝrǝzu-</b> [[short]] in <b class="b2">mǝrǝzu-ǰīti-</b>, <b class="b2">mǝrǝzu-ǰ(ī)va-</b> <b class="b2">short life</b> resp. [[shortlived]] (cf. <b class="b3">ὁ βίος βραχύς</b> Hp.), Sogd. [[murzak]] <b class="b2">id.</b>; OHG <b class="b2">murg(i</b>) [[kurz]], OE [[myrge]] [[kurzweilig]], Goth. <b class="b2">*maúrgus</b> in <b class="b2">ga-maúrgjan</b> [[shorten]]; also Lat. [[brevis]] < <b class="b2">*mreǵhu̯-i-</b>.