βρέντιον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βρένδον (bréndon)
Etymology
A Messapic word like βρένδος (bréndos, “deer”), βρένδον (bréndon), possibly also found in place names like Βρεντέσιον (Brentésion, “Brindisi”). Further possible cognates are Latvian briedis (“deer”), Old Prussian braidis (“elk”), Elfdalian brinde (“elk”) and Albanian bri (“horn, antler”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /brén.ti.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbren.ti.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβren.ti.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvren.ti.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvren.di.on/
Noun
βρέντῐον • (bréntĭon) n (genitive βρεντίου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ βρέντῐον tò bréntĭon |
τὼ βρεντῐ́ω tṑ brentĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ βρέντῐᾰ tằ bréntĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ βρεντῐ́ου toû brentĭ́ou |
τοῖν βρεντῐ́οιν toîn brentĭ́oin |
τῶν βρεντῐ́ων tôn brentĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ βρεντῐ́ῳ tōî brentĭ́ōi |
τοῖν βρεντῐ́οιν toîn brentĭ́oin |
τοῖς βρεντῐ́οις toîs brentĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ βρέντῐον tò bréntĭon |
τὼ βρεντῐ́ω tṑ brentĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ βρέντῐᾰ tằ bréntĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | βρέντῐον bréntĭon |
βρεντῐ́ω brentĭ́ō |
βρέντῐᾰ bréntĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βρέντιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βρέντιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “βρένδον”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 237