βρύον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βρύω (brúō, “to abound, grow luxuriantly”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /brý.on/ → /ˈβry.on/ → /ˈvri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /brý.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbry.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβry.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvry.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvri.on/

Noun

βρῠ́ον • (brŭ́on) n (genitive βρῠ́ου); second declension

1. sea lettuce (Ulva lactuca)
2. tree moss (Usnea barbata)
3. liverwort (Marchantia polymorpha)
4. clustering male blossom of the hazel
5. (botany, in general) catkin, amentum

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ βρῠ́ον tò brŭ́on	τὼ βρῠ́ω tṑ brŭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βρῠ́ᾰ tằ brŭ́ă
Genitive	τοῦ βρῠ́ου toû brŭ́ou	τοῖν βρῠ́οιν toîn brŭ́oin	τῶν βρῠ́ων tôn brŭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ βρῠ́ῳ tôi brŭ́ōi	τοῖν βρῠ́οιν toîn brŭ́oin	τοῖς βρῠ́οις toîs brŭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ βρῠ́ον tò brŭ́on	τὼ βρῠ́ω tṑ brŭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βρῠ́ᾰ tằ brŭ́ă
Vocative	βρῠ́ον brŭ́on	βρῠ́ω brŭ́ō	βρῠ́ᾰ brŭ́ă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of τὸ βρῠ́ον; τοῦ βρῠ́ου (Attic)

Derived terms

• βρῠόεις (brŭóeis)
• βρῠόομαι (brŭóomai)
• βρῠοφόρος (brŭophóros)

Descendants

• → Latin: bryon
  • → Translingual: Bryum

Further reading

• “βρύον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βρύον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• βρύον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βρύον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)