βρέντιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

A Messapic word like βρένδος (bréndos, “deer”), 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

 

• IPA^(key): /brén.ti.on/ → /ˈβren.ti.on/ → /ˈvren.di.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /brén.ti.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈbren.ti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈβren.ti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈvren.ti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈvren.di.on/

Noun

βρέντῐον • (bréntion) n (genitive βρεντίου); second declension

1. stag's head

Declension

Second declension of τὸ βρέντῐον; τοῦ βρεντῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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