Βρεντέσιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Said to be a corruption of the Messapic word for the head of a male deer (see βρέντιον), possibly based on the shape of the port. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrendos (“stag, red deer”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bren.té.si.on/ → /βrenˈte.si.on/ → /vrenˈde.si.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bren.té.si.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /brenˈte.si.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βrenˈte.si.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vrenˈte.si.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vrenˈde.si.on/

Proper noun

Βρεντέσιον • (Brentésion) n (genitive Βρεντεσίου); second declension

1. Brindisi (a city in southern Italy)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ Βρεντέσιον; τοῦ Βρεντεσίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	τὸ Βρεντέσιον tò Brentésion
Genitive	τοῦ Βρεντεσίου toû Brentesíou
Dative	τῷ Βρεντεσίῳ tôi Brentesíōi
Accusative	τὸ Βρεντέσιον tò Brentésion
Vocative	Βρεντέσιον Brentésion
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Βρεντέσιο (Vrentésio), Βρεντέσιον (Vrentésion)
• → Latin: Brundisium, Brundusium
  • Italian: Brindisi
  • Neapolitan: Brinnese

    Tarantino: Brinnese

  • Sicilian: Brìnnisi, Brìndisi

References

• "Brundisium (Brindisi) Puglia, Italy". Perseus Digital Library.

Further reading

• Βρεντέσιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004