βραδύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥dus (“slow”) (which bears some resemblance in form and meaning to Proto-Indo-European *gʷreh₂- (“heavy”)). Cognates include Lithuanian gurdùs (“slow”), Latvian gur̃ds (“tired”), Latin gurdus (“dolt, heavy”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bra.dýs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /braˈdys/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βraˈðys/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vraˈðys/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vraˈðis/

Adjective

βρᾰδῠ́ς • (bradús) m (feminine βρᾰδεῖᾰ, neuter βραδῠ́); first/third declension

Inflection

First and third declension of βρᾰδῠ́ς; βρᾰδεῖᾰ; βρᾰδῠ́ (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	βρᾰδῠ́ς bradús	βρᾰδεῖᾰ bradeîa	βρᾰδῠ́ bradú	βρᾰδέε bradée	βρᾰδείᾱ bradeíā	βρᾰδέε bradée	βρᾰδεῖς bradeîs	βρᾰδεῖαι bradeîai	βρᾰδέᾰ bradéa
Genitive	βρᾰδέος bradéos	βρᾰδείᾱς bradeíās	βρᾰδέος bradéos	βρᾰδέοιν bradéoin	βρᾰδείαιν bradeíain	βρᾰδέοιν bradéoin	βρᾰδέων bradéōn	βρᾰδειῶν bradeiôn	βρᾰδέων bradéōn
Dative	βρᾰδεῖ bradeî	βρᾰδείᾳ bradeíāi	βρᾰδεῖ bradeî	βρᾰδέοιν bradéoin	βρᾰδείαιν bradeíain	βρᾰδέοιν bradéoin	βρᾰδέσῐ / βρᾰδέσῐν bradési(n)	βρᾰδείαις bradeíais	βρᾰδέσῐ / βρᾰδέσῐν bradési(n)
Accusative	βρᾰδῠ́ν bradún	βρᾰδεῖᾰν bradeîan	βρᾰδῠ́ bradú	βρᾰδέε bradée	βρᾰδείᾱ bradeíā	βρᾰδέε bradée	βρᾰδεῖς bradeîs	βρᾰδείᾱς bradeíās	βρᾰδέᾰ bradéa
Vocative	βρᾰδῠ́ bradú	βρᾰδεῖᾰ bradeîa	βρᾰδῠ́ bradú	βρᾰδέε bradée	βρᾰδείᾱ bradeíā	βρᾰδέε bradée	βρᾰδεῖς bradeîs	βρᾰδεῖαι bradeîai	βρᾰδέᾰ bradéa
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	βρᾰδέως bradéōs			βρᾰδῠ́τερος bradúteros			βρᾰδῠ́τᾰτος bradútatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

τᾰχῠ́ς (takhús)

Derived terms

βρᾰδῠ́νω (bradúnō)
βρᾰδῠτής (bradutḗs)

Descendants

Byzantine Greek: βραδύ (bradú)
- Greek: βράδυ (vrády)
- Mariupol Greek: врадъи (vraði), врадъмер (vraðmjer)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βραδύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 234

“βραδύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“βραδύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“βραδύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
βραδύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
βραδύς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
βραδύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
G1021 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- dawdling idem, page 197.
- deliberate idem, page 207.
- dilatory idem, page 224.
- gradual idem, page 369.
- inactive idem, page 427.
- indolent idem, page 434.
- laggard idem, page 473.
- lagging idem, page 473.
- late idem, page 478.
- leisurely idem, page 485.
- lethargic idem, page 486.
- lingering idem, page 493.
- loitering idem, page 498.
- slack idem, page 782.
- slow idem, page 785.
- sluggish idem, page 786.
- stealthy idem, page 814.
- tardy idem, page 855.
- tedious idem, page 859.
- vacillating idem, page 942.
- wavering idem, page 968.

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βραδύς”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 234

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