brachium
noun
the part of the arm from the shoulder to the elbow.
brachia
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pluralof brachium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Fr. brasse, fathom, is Lat. brachia, the two arms, and pouce, thumb, means inch.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
Then would come a happy cure to aching bones—made whole with honourable bruises, oblivious of pain, the "brachia livida," lithesome and triumphant.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 by Various
The importance of the χειρονομία or hand-movement is indicated by Ovid:—“Si vox est, canta; si mollia brachia, salta.”
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various
Octobrachiate, ok-tō-brā′ki-āt, adj. having eight brachia, arms, or rays.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Some suppose that by "bis pedes, bis brachia," he means that two nails were to be driven into each leg and foot.
From The Captiva and the Mostellaria by Henry T. (Henry Thomas) Riley
