χρυσίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon, “diminutive suffix”). See χρυσός (khrusós) for further etymology.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χρῡσίον • (khrūsíon) n (genitive χρῡσίου); second declension

  1. a piece of gold
  2. gold (substance)
  3. specifically, a gold coin, money
  4. gold thread
  5. a term of endearment (translated my treasure!)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ χρῡσῐ́ον; τοῦ χρῡσῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ χρῡσῐ́ον
tò khrūsĭ́on 		τὼ χρῡσῐ́ω
tṑ khrūsĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ χρῡσῐ́ᾰ
tằ khrūsĭ́ă
Genitive τοῦ χρῡσῐ́ου
toû khrūsĭ́ou 		τοῖν χρῡσῐ́οιν
toîn khrūsĭ́oin 		τῶν χρῡσῐ́ων
tôn khrūsĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ χρῡσῐ́ῳ
tōî khrūsĭ́ōi 		τοῖν χρῡσῐ́οιν
toîn khrūsĭ́oin 		τοῖς χρῡσῐ́οις
toîs khrūsĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ χρῡσῐ́ον
tò khrūsĭ́on 		τὼ χρῡσῐ́ω
tṑ khrūsĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ χρῡσῐ́ᾰ
tằ khrūsĭ́ă
Vocative χρῡσῐ́ον
khrūsĭ́on 		χρῡσῐ́ω
khrūsĭ́ō 		χρῡσῐ́ᾰ
khrūsĭ́ă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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