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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin bracchium (“arm”). Doublet of braccio.
Noun
brachium (plural brachia or brachiums)
- (anatomy) The upper arm.
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Translations
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
- Alternative form of bracchium (“arm”)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
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)