κεράσιον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κεράσιν (kerásin)
Etymology
From κερᾰσός (kerăsós) + -ῐον (-ĭon).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ke.rá.si.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /keˈra.si.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ceˈra.si.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ceˈra.si.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ceˈra.si.on/
Noun
κερᾰ́σῐον • (kerắsĭon) n (genitive κερᾰσῐ́ου); second declension
- cherry
- cherry tree
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κερᾰ́σῐον tò kerắsĭon |
τὼ κερᾰσῐ́ω tṑ kerăsĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ κερᾰ́σῐᾰ tằ kerắsĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κερᾰσῐ́ου toû kerăsĭ́ou |
τοῖν κερᾰσῐ́οιν toîn kerăsĭ́oin |
τῶν κερᾰσῐ́ων tôn kerăsĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κερᾰσῐ́ῳ tōî kerăsĭ́ōi |
τοῖν κερᾰσῐ́οιν toîn kerăsĭ́oin |
τοῖς κερᾰσῐ́οις toîs kerăsĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κερᾰ́σῐον tò kerắsĭon |
τὼ κερᾰσῐ́ω tṑ kerăsĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ κερᾰ́σῐᾰ tằ kerắsĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κερᾰ́σῐον kerắsĭon |
κερᾰσῐ́ω kerăsĭ́ō |
κερᾰ́σῐᾰ kerắsĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: cerasium (see there for further descendants)
Further reading
- “κεράσιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κεράσιν in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften