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

 

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

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

Noun

βρένδος • (bréndos) m (genitive βρένδου); second declension

1. deer

   Synonym: ἔλᾰφος (élăphos)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ βρένδος; τοῦ βρένδου (Attic)

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

Further reading

• “βρένδος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• βρένδος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• 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