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bractea

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See also: bráctea

English

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Noun

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bractea (plural bracteas)

  1. Alternative form of bract

Anagrams

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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  1. bratea
  2. brattea
  3. bractea

Etymology

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Perhaps related to Greek βράχω, to rattle.

Noun

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bractea f (genitive bracteae); first declension

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

Declension

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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

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  • “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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