Χρυσίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰryː.sís/ → /xryˈsis/ → /xriˈsis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰryː.sís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰryˈsis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xryˈsis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xryˈsis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xriˈsis/

Proper noun

Χρῡσῐ́ς • (Khrūsĭ́s) f (genitive Χρῡσῐ́δος); third declension

1. Chrysis

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Χρῡσῐ́ς; τῆς Χρῡσῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Χρῡσῐ́ς hē Khrūsĭ́s
Genitive	τῆς Χρῡσῐ́δος tês Khrūsĭ́dos
Dative	τῇ Χρῡσῐ́δῐ têi Khrūsĭ́dĭ
Accusative	τὴν Χρῡσῐ́δᾰ tḕn Khrūsĭ́dă
Vocative	Χρῡσῐ́ς Khrūsĭ́s
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

• English: Chrysis
• Greek: Χρυσίς (Chrysís)
• Latin: Chrȳsis

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
• Χρυσίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette