βρένθος

βρένθος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The meanings "arrogance" and "kind of waterbird" are probably not related. If βρίνθος (brínthos, “kind of bird”) is reliable, the bird name may be Pre-Greek. On the other hand, βρινδεῖν (brindeîn, “to be agitated, provoke”) is not related.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /brén.tʰos/ → /ˈβren.θos/ → /ˈvren.θos/

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

Noun

βρένθος • (brénthos) m (genitive βρένθου); second declension

1. arrogance, haughtiness
2. unknown kind of waterbird
3. tomb

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ βρένθος; τοῦ βρένθου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ βρένθος ho brénthos	τὼ βρένθω tṑ brénthō	οἱ βρένθοι hoi brénthoi
Genitive	τοῦ βρένθου toû brénthou	τοῖν βρένθοιν toîn brénthoin	τῶν βρένθων tôn brénthōn
Dative	τῷ βρένθῳ tôi brénthōi	τοῖν βρένθοιν toîn brénthoin	τοῖς βρένθοις toîs brénthois
Accusative	τὸν βρένθον tòn brénthon	τὼ βρένθω tṑ brénthō	τοὺς βρένθους toùs brénthous
Vocative	βρένθε brénthe	βρένθω brénthō	βρένθοι brénthoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• βρένθειος (bréntheios)
• βρενθύομαι (brenthúomai)
• βρενθύς (brenthús)

 

Further reading

• “βρένθος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βρένθος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βρένθος 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