βροτός
βροτός,
ὁ, poet. Noun,
A). mortal man, opp.
ἀθάνατος or
θεός, in
Hom. usu. Subst.,
οἷοι νῦν βροτοί εἰσι Il. 5.304 , al.;
βροτὸς εἰς θεόν E. Andr. 1196 (lyr.);
λόγος τις Ζῆνα μιχθῆναι βροτῷ A. Supp. 295 ;
θεοῦ δὲ πληγὴν οὐχ ὑπερπηδᾷ βροτός S. Fr. 961 ;
βροτοί,opp.
νεκροί,
Id. Ant. 850 (lyr.); but
β. ἀνήρ Il. 5.361 ; and so
β. ἔθνος Pi. P. 10.28 : as fem.,
β. αὐδήεσσα Od. 5.334 ;
β. οὖσαν AP 9.89 (
Phil.); but
βροταί· γυναῖκες,
Hsch. (s.v.l.): freq. in gen. pl., after
πολλοί B. 1.42 ,
S. OT 981 , etc.; after
τίς ib.
437 , etc.;
βροτοί never takes the Art. in Trag. and Com., exc. when an Adj. or Pron. is added,
τῶν πολυπόνων β.
E. Or. 175 ;
ἡμεῖς οἱ β.
Ar. Eq. 601 ,
Pax 849 , cf.
Sannyr. 1 ;
οἱ ταλαίπωροι β.
Alex. 66 ;
οἱ πάντες β.
Men. 538.8 .—Rare in Prose,
Pl. R. 566d ,
Arist. Top. 133a31 ,
149a7 .
II). of the
dead,
A. Ch. 129 ( v.l.
νεκροῖς Sch.). (From
Μροτός (cf.
ἄ-μβροτος, μορτός), Skt.
mṛtás 'dead', Lat.
morior, etc.)
ShortDef
a mortal man
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Headword (normalized):
βροτός
Headword (normalized/stripped):
βροτος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">βροτός</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, poet. Noun, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mortal man</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἀθάνατος</span> or <span class="foreign greek">θεός</span>, in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> usu. Subst., <span class="quote greek">οἷοι νῦν βροτοί εἰσι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:304" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.304/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.304 </a> , al.; <span class="quote greek">βροτὸς εἰς θεόν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1196" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1196/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Andr.</span> 1196 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">λόγος τις Ζῆνα μιχθῆναι βροτῷ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:295" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:295/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 295 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">θεοῦ δὲ πληγὴν οὐχ ὑπερπηδᾷ βροτός</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:961" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:961/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 961 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">βροτοί</span>,opp.<span class="foreign greek">νεκροί</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:850" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc1:850/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ant.</span> 850 </a> (lyr.); but <span class="quote greek">β. ἀνήρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:361" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:5.361/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 5.361 </a> ; and so <span class="quote greek">β. ἔθνος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 10.28 </a> : as fem., <span class="quote greek">β. αὐδήεσσα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:334" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:5.334/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 5.334 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">β. οὖσαν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 9.89 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phil.</span></span>); but <span class="foreign greek">βροταί· γυναῖκες</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hsch.</span> </span> (s.v.l.): freq. in gen. pl., after <span class="quote greek">πολλοί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:1:42" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg001:1.42/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">B.</span> 1.42 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:981" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:981/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OT</span> 981 </a>, etc.; after <span class="foreign greek">τίς</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:437" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg004.perseus-grc1:437/canonical-url/"> 437 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">βροτοί</span> never takes the Art. in Trag. and Com., exc. when an Adj. or Pron. is added, <span class="foreign greek">τῶν πολυπόνων β</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:175" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:175/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 175 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἡμεῖς οἱ β</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:601" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg002.perseus-grc1:601/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eq.</span> 601 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:849" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:849/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 849 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0501.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0501.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sannyr.</span> 1 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οἱ ταλαίπωροι β</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:66" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0402.tlg001:66/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alex.</span> 66 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">οἱ πάντες β</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:538:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:538.8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 538.8 </a>.—Rare in Prose, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:566d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:566d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 566d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:133a:31" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:133a.31/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Top.</span> 133a31 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:149a:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg044:149a.7/canonical-url/"> 149a7 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">dead</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:129" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:129/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 129 </a> ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">νεκροῖς</span> Sch.). (From <span class="foreign greek">Μροτός</span> (cf. <span class="foreign greek">ἄ-μβροτος, μορτός</span>), Skt. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mṛtás</span> \'dead\', Lat. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">morior</span>, etc.)</div> </div><br><br>'}