βροντή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βρέμω (brémō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /bron.tɛ̌ː/ → /βronˈti/ → /vronˈdi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /bron.tɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /bronˈte̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /βronˈti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /vronˈti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /vronˈdi/

Noun

βροντή • (brontḗ) f (genitive βροντῆς); first declension

1. thunder

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ βροντή hē brontḗ	τὼ βροντᾱ́ tṑ brontā́	αἱ βρονταί hai brontaí
Genitive	τῆς βροντῆς tês brontês	τοῖν βρονταῖν toîn brontaîn	τῶν βροντῶν tôn brontôn
Dative	τῇ βροντῇ têi brontêi	τοῖν βρονταῖν toîn brontaîn	ταῖς βρονταῖς taîs brontaîs
Accusative	τὴν βροντήν tḕn brontḗn	τὼ βροντᾱ́ tṑ brontā́	τᾱ̀ς βροντᾱ́ς tā̀s brontā́s
Vocative	βροντή brontḗ	βροντᾱ́ brontā́	βρονταί brontaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ βροντή; τῆς βροντῆς (Attic)

Derived terms

• βροντάω (brontáō)
• Βρόντης (Bróntēs)

Descendants

• Greek: βροντή (vrontí)

Further reading

• “βροντή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “βροντή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “βροντή”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• βροντή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• βροντή in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• βροντή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G1027 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • clap idem, page 135.
  • peal idem, page 601.
  • thunder idem, page 873.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βροντή (brontḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɾonˈdi/
• Hyphenation: βρον‧τή

Noun

βροντή • (vrontí) f (plural βροντές)

1. thunder, thunderclap

Declension

Declension of βροντή

	singular	plural
nominative	βροντή (vrontí)	βροντές (vrontés)
genitive	βροντής (vrontís)	βροντών (vrontón)
accusative	βροντή (vrontí)	βροντές (vrontés)
vocative	βροντή (vrontí)	βροντές (vrontés)