κίρσιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κιρσός (kirsós, “varicose vein”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kír.si.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkir.si.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcir.si.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcir.si.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈcir.si.on/
Noun
κῐ́ρσῐον • (kĭ́rsĭon) n (genitive κῐρσῐ́ου); second declension
- kind of thistle
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κῐ́ρσῐον tò kĭ́rsĭon |
τὼ κῐρσῐ́ω tṑ kĭrsĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ κῐ́ρσῐᾰ tằ kĭ́rsĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κῐρσῐ́ου toû kĭrsĭ́ou |
τοῖν κῐρσῐ́οιν toîn kĭrsĭ́oin |
τῶν κῐρσῐ́ων tôn kĭrsĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κῐρσῐ́ῳ tōî kĭrsĭ́ōi |
τοῖν κῐρσῐ́οιν toîn kĭrsĭ́oin |
τοῖς κῐρσῐ́οις toîs kĭrsĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κῐ́ρσῐον tò kĭ́rsĭon |
τὼ κῐρσῐ́ω tṑ kĭrsĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ κῐ́ρσῐᾰ tằ kĭ́rsĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κῐ́ρσῐον kĭ́rsĭon |
κῐρσῐ́ω kĭrsĭ́ō |
κῐ́ρσῐᾰ kĭ́rsĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- κίρσιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette