βραβείο

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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βραβεῖον (brabeîon), related to βραβεύς (brabeús, “judge at the games”), from Proto-Hellenic *mŕ̥gʷ-, probably ultimately of Pre-Greek origin, suggesting that the athletic games themselves could have been of Pre-Greek heritage.[1]

Noun

βραβείο • (vraveío) n (plural βραβεία)

  1. prize, award
    Βραβείο Ίψεν ― Vraveío Ípsen ― Ibsen Award
    Βραβείο Νόμπελ ― Vraveío Nómpel ― Nobel Prize
    Διεθνές βραβείο Μπούκερ ― Diethnés vraveío Boúker ― Booker International Prize

Declension

Declension of βραβείο
singular plural
nominative βραβείο • βραβεία •
genitive βραβείου • βραβείων •
accusative βραβείο • βραβεία •
vocative βραβείο • βραβεία •

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βραβεύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 233-34
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