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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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
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
Lines like Virgil's "Illi inter sese multa vi brachia tollunt In numerum, versantque tenaci forcipe massam," would not have been suited to the subject.
From Cambridge Sketches by Frank Preston Stearns
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
And then he quotes with admiration Ovid’s line of the goddess of the seas: Nec brachia longo Margine terrarum porrexerat Amphitrite.
From Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. by John Morley
