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βρα^χύς , εῖα (Ion. έα Hdt.5.49), ύ, dat. pl.
2. of Size, short, small, “μορφάν β.Pi.I.4(3).53; βραχὺς ἐξικέσθαι θεῶν ἕδραν too puny to reach . . , ib.7(6).44; “β. τεῦχοςS.El.1113, cf. 757; β. τεῖχος a low wall, Th.7.29; βραχύ μοι στόμα πάντ᾽ ἀναγήσασθαι my mouth is too small to . . , Pi.N.10.19; κατὰ β. προϊών little by little, Th.1.64, cf. Pl. Sph.241c; παρὰ βραχύ scarcely, hardly, “φυγεῖνAlciphr.3.5; “βραχύ τι λωφᾶν ἀπὸ νόσου καὶ πολέμουTh.6.12; ἁλὸς βραχύ a small quantity of salt, Bilabel Ὀψαρτ.p.11.
5. short, of vowels or syllables, Arist.Cat.4b34, Rh. 1409a18, Po.1458a15, Heph.1.1, D.T.631, etc.; β. προσῳδία the sign ^, S.E.M.1.113. (Cf. Avest. m[schwa]r[schwa]zu- 'short', Goth. gamaurgjan 'shorten', Lat. brevis.
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