brachium

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin bracchium (“arm”). Doublet of braccio. === Noun === brachium (plural brachia or brachiums) (anatomy) The upper arm. ==== Synonyms ==== aftarm (rare, nonstandard) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === Probably secondary, via the common substitution of /VC:/ for /V:C/, the inverse of the littera rule (as in Iuppiter). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbraː.kʰi.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbraː.ki.um] === Noun === brāchium n (genitive brāchiī or brāchī); second declension alternative form of bracchium (“arm”) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). === Further reading === “brachium”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. "brachium", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)