βραχίων

brachion

arm

Appears 6 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by book & line — each links into the reader.

Iliad 5
Open Iliad ›
Book 12 1
Chapter ?

12389
Book 13 2
Chapter ?

13529
13532
Book 16 2
Chapter ?

16323
16510
Odyssey 1
Open Odyssey ›
Book 18 1
Chapter ?

1869

Dictionary (LSJ)

βραχίων [ῑ], ονος, ὁ, A. arm (opp. πῆχυς, Pl. Ti. 75a, but = πῆχυς, Arist. MA 698b2), Il. 13.529, Hdt. 5.12, X. Eq. 12.5, Arist. HA 493b26, etc.; πρυμνὸς βραχίων the shoulder, Il. 13.532, 16.323; also, shoulder of beasts, ib.594b13:—Poet. as a symbol of strength, ἐκ βραχιόνων by force of arm, E. Supp. 478.

‹ All lexicon entries