Βριλησσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Βρῐληττός (Brilēttós)

Etymology

Probably from Pre-Greek, because of the suffix -ησσ-, which is found also in other placenames, like Μυκαλησσός (Mukalēssós) and Καρμυλησσός (Karmulēssós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bri.lɛːs.sós/ → /βri.lisˈsos/ → /vri.liˈsos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bri.lɛːs.sós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bri.le̝sˈsos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βri.lisˈsos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vri.lisˈsos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vri.liˈsos/

Proper noun

Βρῐλησσός • (Brilēssós) m (genitive Βρῐλησσοῦ); second declension

1. Mount Brilessus; Mount Pentelicus, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Βρῐλησσός; τοῦ Βρῐλησσοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Βρῐλησσός ho Brilēssós
Genitive	τοῦ Βρῐλησσοῦ toû Brilēssoû
Dative	τῷ Βρῐλησσῷ tôi Brilēssôi
Accusative	τὸν Βρῐλησσόν tòn Brilēssón
Vocative	Βρῐλησσέ Brilēssé
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Brilēssus

Further reading

• Βριλησσός 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