βροτός

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From Proto-Hellenic *mrətós, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥twós or *mr̥tós (dead, mortal), ultimately from the root *mer- (to die). Cognates include Sanskrit मृत (mṛtá), Old Armenian մարդ (mard), Latin mortuus, Old Church Slavonic мрътвъ (mrŭtvŭ), Persian مرد (mard) and Old English morþ.

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βροτός (brotósm or f (genitive βροτοῦ); second declension

  1. (poetic) mortal man, human being (often in plural)
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.32:
      ὢ πόποι, οἷον δή νυ θεοὺς βροτοὶ αἰτιόωνται.
      ṑ pópoi, hoîon dḗ nu theoùs brotoì aitióōntai.
      [Zeus:] Alas, how mortals are always blaming the gods.

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