βρά

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Ancient Greek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Elean. Possibly borrowed from Illyrian, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréh₂tēr (“brother”),[1][2] in which case a doublet of φράτηρ (phrátēr).

Noun[edit]

βρά • (brá)

  1. (Elean, hapax) brother(s)
    Synonym: ἀδελφοί (adelphoí)
    • 5th century C.E., Hesychius of Alexandria, Γλώσσαι, Β:
      βρά· ἀδελφοί, ὑπὸ Ἠλείων
      brá; adelphoí, hupò Ēleíōn
      brá: brothers, among the Eleans

References[edit]

  1. ^ Katičić, Radoslav (1976) Ancient Languages of the Balkans, page 171
  2. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βρά”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 233
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