Κέρσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kér.sos/ → /ˈcer.sos/ → /ˈcer.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kér.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈker.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcer.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcer.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcer.sos/

Proper noun

Κέρσος • (Kérsos) m (genitive Κέρσου); second declension

1. Cersus, a river of Cilicia mentioned by Xenophon

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κέρσος; τοῦ Κέρσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κέρσος ho Kérsos
Genitive	τοῦ Κέρσου toû Kérsou
Dative	τῷ Κέρσῳ tôi Kérsōi
Accusative	τὸν Κέρσον tòn Kérson
Vocative	Κέρσε Kérse
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Cersus

Further reading

• Κέρσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette