βρέγμα

Ancient Greek

Originally βρέχμα (brékhma), βρεχμός (brekhmós); the ⟨γ⟩ has resulted from voicing assimilation. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mregʰ- (“brain, skull”) and cognate with English brain.

βρέγμᾱ • (brégmā) n (genitive βρέγμης); first declension

the bone directly above the brain, (anatomy) bregma; brainpan
Aristotle, Historia Animalum 495a.10.

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βρέγμᾱ hē brégmā	τὼ βρέγμᾱ tṑ brégmā	αἱ βρέγμαι hai brégmai
Genitive	τῆς βρέγμης tês brégmēs	τοῖν βρέγμαιν toîn brégmain	τῶν βρεγμῶν tôn bregmôn
Dative	τῇ βρέγμῃ têi brégmēi	τοῖν βρέγμαιν toîn brégmain	ταῖς βρέγμαις taîs brégmais
Accusative	τὴν βρέγμην tḕn brégmēn	τὼ βρέγμᾱ tṑ brégmā	τᾱ̀ς βρέγμᾱς tā̀s brégmās
Vocative	βρέγμᾱ brégmā	βρέγμᾱ brégmā	βρέγμαι brégmai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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