βρέτας: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, gen. <b class="b3">βρέτεος</b>, dat. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> βρέτει <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>259</span> (lyr.): pl., nom. and acc. βρέτεα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>463</span>, but βρέτη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>95</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">185</span>, etc.; gen. <b class="b3">βρετέων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">97</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>429</span> (lyr.); Ep. dat. βρετάεσσιν Nic. <span class="title">Fr.</span>74.68:—[[wooden image]] of a god, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>80</span>, al., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span>974</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>31</span>, etc.; of a man, <span class="title">IG</span>7.118 (Megara): in Prose, <span class="bibl">Str.8.7.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>1.29d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[mere image]], of a [[blockhead]], <span class="bibl">Anaxandr.11</span>.</span>

|etymtx=-εος<br />Grammatical information: n.<br />Meaning: [[wooden image of a god]] (A.).<br />Derivatives: PN <b class="b3">Βρέτων</b> (Attika), Bechtel, Namenstudien 13f.<br />Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]<br />Etymology: DELG suggests that the word is Dorian. Equivalent to <b class="b3">ξόανον</b>. No etym. Prob. Pre-Gr. S. Benveniste, Rev. de phil. 58 (1932)128f.