Βρεντήσιον
Brentesion, Brundisium, Brindisi
Translated by David Whitehead14 Jun 2001Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
A region of Italy. It is so called because it has harbours like the horns of a stag; and Messapians call the stag a brendos.1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Βρεντήσιον· χώρα τῆς Ἰταλίας· εἴρηται δὲ οὕτως, ὅτι λιμένας ἔχει κέρασιν ἐλάφου παραπλησίους. βρένδον δὲ καλοῦσι τὴν ἔλαφον Μεσάππιοι
Betacode
*brenth/sion: xw/ra th=s *)itali/as: ei)/rhtai de\ ou(/tws, o(/ti lime/nas e)/xei ke/rasin e)la/fou paraplhsi/ous. bre/ndon de\ kalou=si th\n e)/lafon *mesa/ppioi