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βραχίων

βραχίων, the arm

βρᾰχ-ίων [ῑ], ονος, ὁ,
  • arm (opp. πῆχυς, Pl. Ti. 75a, but = πῆχυς, Arist. MA 698b2), Il. 13.529, Hdt. 5.12, X. Eq. 12.5, Arist. HA 493b26, etc.; πρυμνὸς βραχίων the shoulder, Il. 13.532, 16.323; also, shoulder of beasts, ib. 594b13:—Poet. as a symbol of strength, ἐκ βραχιόνων by force of arm, E. Supp. 478.
βρᾰχίων [Ion. ῐ, Att. ῑ], βράχιστος, Comp. and Sup. of βραχύς.

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