βρέγμα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • βρεγμός (bregmós)
  • βρεχμός (brekhmós)
  • βρέχμα (brékhma)

Etymology

Originally βρέχμα (brékhma), βρεχμός (brekhmós); the ⟨γ⟩ has resulted from voicing assimilation. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mregʰ- (brain, skull) and cognate with English brain.

Noun

βρέγμα (brégma) f (genitive βρέγμης); first declension

  1. the bone directly above the brain, (anatomy) bregma; brainpan
    Aristotle, Historia Animalum 495a.10.

Inflection

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References

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