bracae
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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.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | brācae |
| Genitive | brācārum |
| Dative | brācīs |
| Accusative | brācās |
| Ablative | brācīs |
| Vocative | brācae |
Descendants[edit]
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