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 • (bréntĭon) 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 bréntĭon	τὼ βρεντῐ́ω tṑ brentĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βρέντῐᾰ tằ bréntĭă
Genitive	τοῦ βρεντῐ́ου toû brentĭ́ou	τοῖν βρεντῐ́οιν toîn brentĭ́oin	τῶν βρεντῐ́ων tôn brentĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ βρεντῐ́ῳ tôi brentĭ́ōi	τοῖν βρεντῐ́οιν toîn brentĭ́oin	τοῖς βρεντῐ́οις toîs brentĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ βρέντῐον tò bréntĭon	τὼ βρεντῐ́ω tṑ brentĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ βρέντῐᾰ tằ bréntĭă
Vocative	βρέντῐον bréntĭon	βρεντῐ́ω brentĭ́ō	βρέντῐᾰ bréntĭă
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 (2006–2025)
• 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