Κερασοῦς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κέρασος (kérasos, “cherry”) +‎ -οῦς (-oûs, “-ful”).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Κερᾰσοῦς • (Kerăsoûs) m (genitive Κερᾰσοῦντος); third declension

  1. Cerasus; Giresun, Turkey
    Synonym: Φᾰρνᾰκῐ́ᾱ (Phărnăkĭ́ā)

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κερᾰσοῦς; τοῦ Κερᾰσοῦντος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Κερᾰσοῦς
ho Kerăsoûs
Genitive τοῦ Κερᾰσοῦντος
toû Kerăsoûntos
Dative τῷ Κερᾰσοῦντῐ
tōî Kerăsoûntĭ
Accusative τὸν Κερᾰσοῦντᾰ
tòn Kerăsoûntă
Vocative Κερᾰσοῦν
Kerăsoûn
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • Κερασούντιος (Kerasoúntios)

Descendants

  • Greek: Κερασούς (Kerasoús); Κερασούντα (Kerasoúnta)
  • → English: Cerasus; Kerasunt
  • → Latin: Cerasus
  • → Ottoman Turkish: گیره‌سون (Giresun)
    • Turkish: Giresun
    • → Armenian: Կիրէսուն (Kirēsun), Քիրէսուն (Kʻirēsun)

Further reading

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005
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