bractea

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See also: bráctea

English

Noun

bractea (plural bracteas)

  1. Alternative form of bract

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

  1. bratea
  2. brattea
  3. bractea

Etymology

Perhaps related to Greek βράχω, to rattle.

Noun

bractea f (genitive bracteae); first declension

  1. gold leaf (or other thin sheet of metal), foil
  2. veneer
  3. Fig. show, glitter

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative bractea bracteae
genitive bracteae bracteārum
dative bracteae bracteīs
accusative bracteam bracteās
ablative bracteā bracteīs
vocative bractea bracteae

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References

  • “bractea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “bractea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • bractea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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