βραχίων

A. arm (opp. πῆχυς, Pl. Ti. 75a, but = πῆχυς, Arist. MA 698b2), Il. 13.529, Hdt. 5.12, X. Eq. 12.5, Arist. HA 493b26, etc.; πρυμνὸς βραχίων the shoulder, Il. 13.532, 16.323; also, shoulder of beasts, ib.594b13:—Poet. as a symbol of strength, ἐκ βραχιόνων by force of arm, E. Supp. 478.