brachium

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bracchium (“arm”). Doublet of braccio.

Noun

brachium (plural brachia or brachiums)

  1. (anatomy) The upper arm.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

upper arm — see upper arm

Latin

Etymology

Probably secondary, via the common substitution of /VC:/ for /V:C/, the inverse of the littera rule (as in Iuppiter).

Pronunciation

Noun

brāchium n (genitive brāchiī or brāchī); second declension

  1. Alternative form of bracchium (“arm”)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative brāchium brāchia
Genitive brāchiī
brāchī1 		brāchiōrum
Dative brāchiō brāchiīs
Accusative brāchium brāchia
Ablative brāchiō brāchiīs
Vocative brāchium brāchia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Further reading

  • brachium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • brachium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
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