ξυρίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • ξειρίς (xeirís), ξίρις (xíris), ξιρίς (xirís), σίρις (síris), σῖρις (sîris)

Etymology

The alternative forms σίρις (síris) and σῖρις (sîris) suggest that the older form was ξίρις (xíris). The variants point to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ξῠρίς • (xŭrís) f (genitive ξῠρίδος); third declension

  1. gladen (Iris foetidissima)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ξῠρῐ́ς; τῆς ξῠρῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ξῠρῐ́ς
hē xŭrĭ́s 		τὼ ξῠρῐ́δε
tṑ xŭrĭ́de 		αἱ ξῠρῐ́δες
hai xŭrĭ́des
Genitive τῆς ξῠρῐ́δος
tês xŭrĭ́dos 		τοῖν ξῠρῐ́δοιν
toîn xŭrĭ́doin 		τῶν ξῠρῐ́δων
tôn xŭrĭ́dōn
Dative τῇ ξῠρῐ́δῐ
tēî xŭrĭ́dĭ 		τοῖν ξῠρῐ́δοιν
toîn xŭrĭ́doin 		ταῖς ξῠρῐ́σῐ / ξῠρῐ́σῐν
taîs xŭrĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ξῠρῐ́δᾰ
tḕn xŭrĭ́dă 		τὼ ξῠρῐ́δε
tṑ xŭrĭ́de 		τᾱ̀ς ξῠρῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s xŭrĭ́dăs
Vocative ξῠρῐ́ς
xŭrĭ́s 		ξῠρῐ́δε
xŭrĭ́de 		ξῠρῐ́δες
xŭrĭ́des
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

  • → Latin: xyris
  • → Translingual: Xyris

Further reading

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