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β533ΒρεντήσιονBrentesion, Brundisium, BrindisiOCD(4) p.253, under Brundisium. [1] Stephanus of Byzantium s.v., following Strabo 6.3.6, is more exact: brention (sic) was their name for the head of a stag. (Stephanus also offers an alternative etymology, from Herakles …Matched in noteshighshort
α2733Ἀντιτυπῆσαιto resist, to strike against… of scholiasts there. [5] Herodotus 1.67.4 (web address 2 below); Stephanus of Byzantium s.v. Tegea.Matched in noteshighmedium
β115Βάρεις ἐλεφάντιναιivory bastions, ivory towers… Psalm 44:10 LXX. [2] For stoa see under beta 114. Stephanus of Byzantium lists a city (of unspecified location) called Baris, adding that the word was also used by Posidippus to mean an oikia …

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Brentesion, Brundisium, Brindisi

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.

Βρεντήσιον· χώρα τῆς Ἰταλίας· εἴρηται δὲ οὕτως, ὅτι λιμένας ἔχει κέρασιν ἐλάφου παραπλησίους. βρένδον δὲ καλοῦσι τὴν ἔλαφον Μεσάππιοι

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