γοσσύπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit कर्पास (karpāsa, “cotton”), whence also Hebrew כַּרְפַּס (karpás, “fabric of cotton”), κάρπᾰσος (kárpăsos, “fabric of cotton”), Latin carbasus (“fabric of cotton”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γοσσύπιον • (gossúpion) n (genitive γοσσυπίου); second declension

  1. cotton (Gossypium herbaceum)
    Synonyms: βάμβαξ (bámbax), ἐριόξυλον (erióxulon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ γοσσύπιον; τοῦ γοσσυπίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ γοσσύπιον
tò gossúpion 		τὼ γοσσυπίω
tṑ gossupíō 		τᾰ̀ γοσσύπιᾰ
tằ gossúpiă
Genitive τοῦ γοσσυπίου
toû gossupíou 		τοῖν γοσσυπίοιν
toîn gossupíoin 		τῶν γοσσυπίων
tôn gossupíōn
Dative τῷ γοσσυπίῳ
tōî gossupíōi 		τοῖν γοσσυπίοιν
toîn gossupíoin 		τοῖς γοσσυπίοις
toîs gossupíois
Accusative τὸ γοσσύπιον
tò gossúpion 		τὼ γοσσυπίω
tṑ gossupíō 		τᾰ̀ γοσσύπιᾰ
tằ gossúpiă
Vocative γοσσύπιον
gossúpion 		γοσσυπίω
gossupíō 		γοσσύπιᾰ
gossúpiă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • Latin: gossypium

Further reading

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