βρένδος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- βρένδον (bréndon)
Etymology
A Messapic word like βρέντιον (bréntion, “stag's head”), 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.dos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈbren.dos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈβren.dos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈvren.dos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈvren.dos/
Noun
βρένδος • (bréndos) m (genitive βρένδου); second declension
- deer
- Synonym: ἔλᾰφος (élaphos)
Declension
Second declension of ὁ βρένδος; τοῦ βρένδου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ βρένδος ho bréndos | τὼ βρένδω tṑ bréndō | οἱ βρένδοι hoi bréndoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ βρένδου toû bréndou | τοῖν βρένδοιν toîn bréndoin | τῶν βρένδων tôn bréndōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ βρένδῳ tôi bréndōi | τοῖν βρένδοιν toîn bréndoin | τοῖς βρένδοις toîs bréndois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν βρένδον tòn bréndon | τὼ βρένδω tṑ bréndō | τοὺς βρένδους toùs bréndous | ||||||||||
Vocative | βρένδε brénde | βρένδω bréndō | βρένδοι bréndoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “βρένδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- βρένδος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- 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
- Hesychius' Lexicon: β