From Proto-Indo-European *gʷrebʰ-. Cognates include Old Church Slavonic жрѣбѧ (žrěbę) ("foal") and Irish bromach ("colt"). Compare also Old Armenian կորիւն (koriwn) ("cub").
βρέφος • (bréphos) n (genitive βρέφους or βρέφεος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ βρέφος tò bréphos |
τὼ βρέφει tṑ bréphei |
τᾰ̀ βρέφη tà bréphē | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βρέφους toû bréphous |
τοῖν βρεφοῖν toîn brephoîn |
τῶν βρεφῶν tôn brephôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βρέφει tôi bréphei |
τοῖν βρεφοῖν toîn brephoîn |
τοῖς βρέφεσῐ / βρέφεσῐν toîs bréphesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ βρέφος tò bréphos |
τὼ βρέφει tṑ bréphei |
τᾰ̀ βρέφη tà bréphē | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βρέφος bréphos |
βρέφει bréphei |
βρέφη bréphē | ||||||||||
| Notes: |
| ||||||||||||
From Ancient Greek βρέφος (bréphos), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷrebʰ-.
βρέφος • (vréfos) n (plural βρέφη)