βρέντιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
A Messapic word like βρένδον (bréndon, “deer”), possibly also found in place names like Βρεντέσιον (Brentésion). 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 • (bréntion) n (genitive βρεντίου); second declension
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ βρέντῐον tò bréntion |
τὼ βρεντῐ́ω tṑ brentíō |
τᾰ̀ βρέντῐᾰ tà bréntia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βρεντῐ́ου toû brentíou |
τοῖν βρεντῐ́οιν toîn brentíoin |
τῶν βρεντῐ́ων tôn brentíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βρεντῐ́ῳ tôi brentíōi |
τοῖν βρεντῐ́οιν toîn brentíoin |
τοῖς βρεντῐ́οις toîs brentíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ βρέντῐον tò bréntion |
τὼ βρεντῐ́ω tṑ brentíō |
τᾰ̀ βρέντῐᾰ tà bréntia | ||||||||||
Vocative | βρέντῐον bréntion |
βρεντῐ́ω brentíō |
βρέντῐᾰ bréntia | ||||||||||
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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 (2006–2024)
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN