κασία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κασίη (kasíē) — Ionic
κασσία (kassía)

Etymology

From a Semitic source equalling Hebrew קְצִיעָה (qəṣīʿā), Aramaic קְצִיעֲתָא (qəṣīʿătā), from קְצַע (qṣaʿ, “to cut off”), referencing the manner the tree produce is reaped.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.sí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈsi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈsi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈsi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈsi.a/

Noun

κᾰσίᾱ • (kăsíā) f (genitive κᾰσίᾱς); first declension

cassia (Cinnamomum iners)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κᾰσίᾱ; τῆς κᾰσίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰσίᾱ hē kăsíā	τὼ κᾰσίᾱ tṑ kăsíā	αἱ κᾰσίαι hai kăsíai
Genitive	τῆς κᾰσίᾱς tês kăsíās	τοῖν κᾰσίαιν toîn kăsíain	τῶν κᾰσιῶν tôn kăsiôn
Dative	τῇ κᾰσίᾳ tēî kăsíāi	τοῖν κᾰσίαιν toîn kăsíain	ταῖς κᾰσίαις taîs kăsíais
Accusative	τὴν κᾰσίᾱν tḕn kăsíān	τὼ κᾰσίᾱ tṑ kăsíā	τᾱ̀ς κᾰσίᾱς tā̀s kăsíās
Vocative	κᾰσίᾱ kăsíā	κᾰσίᾱ kăsíā	κᾰσίαι kăsíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κασσίζω (kassízō)

Descendants

→ Latin: cassia
→ Ottoman Turkish: غازیه (gaziya)
- Turkish: gaziye