bractea

See also: bráctea

English

Noun

bractea (plural bracteas)

  1. Alternative form of bract.

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps related to Greek βράχω, to rattle.

Noun

bractea f (genitive bracteae); first declension

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

Declension

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

  • “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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