bracae
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Plural of brāca, probably from Transalpine Gaulish *brāca, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brāks, *brōks (“rump, hindquarters, leggings, trousers”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrāg- (“rump, hock, hindquarters”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break, crack, split”).
Noun
[edit]brācae f pl (genitive brācārum); first declension
Usage notes
[edit]The only instance it is used in the singular is by Ovid, in his Tristia.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | brācae |
| genitive | brācārum |
| dative | brācīs |
| accusative | brācās |
| ablative | brācīs |
| vocative | brācae |
Descendants
[edit]Scottish Gaelic Briogais
References
[edit]- “bracae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bracae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- bracae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “bracae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “bracae”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin