βράγχιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Possible relation to βρόγχος (brónkhos, “trachea, windpipe, throat”), βρογχία (bronkhía, “system of ducts connecting heart with liver”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bráŋ.kʰi.on/ → /ˈβraɲ.çi.on/ → /ˈvraɲ.çi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bráŋ.kʰi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbraŋ.kʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβraɲ.çi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvraɲ.çi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvraɲ.çi.on/

Noun

βρᾰ́γχῐον • (brắnkhĭon) n (genitive βρᾰγχῐ́ου); second declension

1. fin
2. (in the plural) gill

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ βρᾰ́γχῐον; τοῦ βρᾰγχῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βρᾰ́γχῐον tò brắnkhĭon	τὼ βρᾰγχῐ́ω tṑ brănkhĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́γχῐᾰ tằ brắnkhĭă
Genitive	τοῦ βρᾰγχῐ́ου toû brănkhĭ́ou	τοῖν βρᾰγχῐ́οιν toîn brănkhĭ́oin	τῶν βρᾰγχῐ́ων tôn brănkhĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ βρᾰγχῐ́ῳ tōî brănkhĭ́ōi	τοῖν βρᾰγχῐ́οιν toîn brănkhĭ́oin	τοῖς βρᾰγχῐ́οις toîs brănkhĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ βρᾰ́γχῐον tò brắnkhĭon	τὼ βρᾰγχῐ́ω tṑ brănkhĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βρᾰ́γχῐᾰ tằ brắnkhĭă
Vocative	βρᾰ́γχῐον brắnkhĭon	βρᾰγχῐ́ω brănkhĭ́ō	βρᾰ́γχῐᾰ brắnkhĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: βράγχιο (vránchio)
• Latin: branchia
  • → Catalan: brànquia
  • → English: branchia
  • → Spanish: branchia
  • → French: branchie
  • Italian: branchia
  • Sicilian: vranchia

Further reading

• “βράγχιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βράγχιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βράγχιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)