Brundisium
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Βρεντέσιον (Brentésion), said to be from a Messapic word for the head of a male deer, possibly based on the shape of the port.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /brunˈdi.si.um/, [brʊn̪ˈd̪ɪs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /brunˈdi.si.um/, [brun̪ˈd̪iːs̬ium]
Proper noun
Brundisium n sg (genitive Brundisiī or Brundisī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Brundisium |
| Genitive | Brundisiī Brundisī1 |
| Dative | Brundisiō |
| Accusative | Brundisium |
| Ablative | Brundisiō |
| Vocative | Brundisium |
| Locative | Brundisiī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- Italian: Brindisi
- Neapolitan: Brinnese
- Tarantino: Brinnese
- Sicilian: Brìnnisi, Brìndisi
References
- “Brundisium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Brundisium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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