Βενδῖς

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

According to Hawkins, no explanation proposed hitherto looks entirely plausible. He suggests to connect the theonym with Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish, love”), the same root of Latin Venus: this theory is interesting but not very convincing. Phonologically, the rendering of *u̯- as b- in Thracian seems to be indeed possible, but this etymology does not comply with the main and most essential characteristic of the goddess, her association with hunting. On the other hand, Tomaschek prefers connecting the word with Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind”), which is fully compatible with hunting associations. First, the name can be interpreted simply as "Binder" and refers to the goddess' ability to tame wild animals. Second, the meaning of *bʰendʰ- might develop to the notion of "catching": in this case, the name would mean "Catcher", "Huntress". A third, more speculative possibility would be to assume that in Thracian the development of *bʰendʰ- has taken a similar turn as in Old English bindan (“to bind”), bendan (“to stretch a bow”) and that at the base of the name lies a noun "bow": in this case Bendis would mean "Archer".[1]

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Βενδῖς • (Bendîs) f (genitive Βενδῖδος); third declension

  1. Bendis, a Thracian goddess identified with Artemis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Βενδῖς; τῆς Βενδῖδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Βενδῖς
hē Bendîs
Genitive τῆς Βενδῖδος
tês Bendîdos
Dative τῇ Βενδῖδῐ
têi Bendîdĭ
Accusative τὴν Βενδῖδᾰ
tḕn Bendîdă
Vocative Βενδῖς
Bendîs
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Latin: Bendīs

References

  1. ^ Rostislav Oreshko, (Leiden: Universiteit Leiden), 86.

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