κιρσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • κριξός (krixós), κρισσός (krissós)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the variation "σ/ξ" shows that the word is from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κῐρσός • (kĭrsós) m (genitive κῐρσοῦ); second declension

  1. (pathology) varicocele, enlargement of a vein

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κῐρσός; τοῦ κῐρσοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κῐρσός
ho kĭrsós 		τὼ κῐρσώ
tṑ kĭrsṓ 		οἱ κῐρσοί
hoi kĭrsoí
Genitive τοῦ κῐρσοῦ
toû kĭrsoû 		τοῖν κῐρσοῖν
toîn kĭrsoîn 		τῶν κῐρσῶν
tôn kĭrsôn
Dative τῷ κῐρσῷ
tōî kĭrsōî 		τοῖν κῐρσοῖν
toîn kĭrsoîn 		τοῖς κῐρσοῖς
toîs kĭrsoîs
Accusative τὸν κῐρσόν
tòn kĭrsón 		τὼ κῐρσώ
tṑ kĭrsṓ 		τοὺς κῐρσούς
toùs kĭrsoús
Vocative κῐρσέ
kĭrsé 		κῐρσώ
kĭrsṓ 		κῐρσοί
kĭrsoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • κίρσιον (kírsion)
  • κιρσοειδής (kirsoeidḗs)
  • κιρσοκήλη (kirsokḗlē)
  • κιρσοτομέω (kirsotoméō)
  • κιρσοτομία (kirsotomía)
  • κιρσουλκέω (kirsoulkéō)
  • κιρσουλκία (kirsoulkía)
  • κιρσουλκός (kirsoulkós)
  • κιρσόω (kirsóō)
  • κιρσώδης (kirsṓdēs)
  • κίρσωσις (kírsōsis)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κιρσός (kirsós), from κρίκος (kríkos) or κίρκος (kírkos).

Noun

κιρσός • (kirsós) m

  1. varicose vein, varicocele

Declension

Declension of κιρσός
singular plural
nominative κιρσός (kirsós) κιρσοί (kirsoí)
genitive κιρσού (kirsoú) κιρσών (kirsón)
accusative κιρσό (kirsó) κιρσούς (kirsoús)
vocative κιρσέ (kirsé) κιρσοί (kirsoí)

Further reading

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