βρακοζώνα

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From βρακί (vrakí, underpants) and βράκα (vráka, vraka, breeches) +‎ -ο- +‎ ζώνη (zóni, belt), already as late Byzantine Greek βρακοζώνι (brakozṓni).[3] Suffixed with diminutive (-i) in its neuter forms and with augmentative (-a) in its modern most common form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɾa.koˈzo.na/
  • Hyphenation: βρα‧κο‧ζώ‧να

Noun

βρακοζώνα (vrakozónaf (plural βρακοζώνες)

  1. (dated) belt for the traditional vraka, or for underpants
    Hypernym: ζώνη (zóni, belt)
    • Canonium Mathematicum Adespotum[1]:
      τὸ βρακοζούνιν αὐλινθῆ μόνον του.
      brakozoúnin aulinthê mónon tou.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of βρακοζώνα
singular plural
nominative βρακοζώνα (vrakozóna) βρακοζώνες (vrakozónes)
genitive βρακοζώνας (vrakozónas) βρακοζωνών (vrakozonón)
accusative βρακοζώνα (vrakozóna) βρακοζώνες (vrakozónes)
vocative βρακοζώνα (vrakozóna) βρακοζώνες (vrakozónes)

Genitive plural is rare.

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Meursius, Johannes (1614) “βρακοζούνιν”, in Glossarium graeco-barbarum (overall work in Greek and Latin), Leuven: Lodewijk Elzevir, page 94b
  2. ^ Somavera, Alessio da (1709) “βρακοζώνη”, in Θησαυρός της ρωμαϊκής και της φράγκικης γλώσσας. Tesoro della lingua greca-volgare ed italiana (in Greek and Italian), Paris: M. Guignard, page 76b Bidirectional dictionary for Early Modern Greek and Italian.
  3. ^ βρακοζώνι in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften