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
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /bri.lɛːs.sós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /bri.le̝sˈsos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /βri.lisˈsos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /vri.lisˈsos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /vri.liˈsos/
Proper noun
Βρῐλησσός • (Brilēssós) m (genitive Βρῐλησσοῦ); second declension
- Mount Brilessus; Mount Pentelicus, Greece
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Βρῐλησσός; τοῦ Βρῐλησσοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Βρῐλησσός ho Brilēssós | ||||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Βρῐλησσοῦ toû Brilēssoû | ||||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Βρῐλησσῷ tôi Brilēssôi | ||||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Βρῐλησσόν tòn Brilēssón | ||||||||||||
Vocative | Βρῐλησσέ Brilēssé | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: Brilēssus
Further reading
- Βριλησσός 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