γέρσυμον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γένσιμον (génsimon), γέρσιμον (gérsimon), κέρσιμον (kérsimon)

Etymology

According to Beekes, related to γέρρον (gérrhon, “anything made of wicker-work”). The variations point to a substrate origin of these words.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡér.sy.mon/ → /ˈʝer.sy.mon/ → /ˈʝer.si.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡér.sy.mon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡer.sy.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝer.sy.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝer.sy.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝer.si.mon/

Noun

γέρσῠμον • (gérsumon) n (genitive γερσῠ́μου); second declension

1. point of a fishing rod

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ γέρσῠμον; τοῦ γερσῠ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γέρσῠμον tò gérsumon	τὼ γερσῠ́μω tṑ gersúmō	τᾰ̀ γέρσῠμᾰ tà gérsuma
Genitive	τοῦ γερσῠ́μου toû gersúmou	τοῖν γερσῠ́μοιν toîn gersúmoin	τῶν γερσῠ́μων tôn gersúmōn
Dative	τῷ γερσῠ́μῳ tôi gersúmōi	τοῖν γερσῠ́μοιν toîn gersúmoin	τοῖς γερσῠ́μοις toîs gersúmois
Accusative	τὸ γέρσῠμον tò gérsumon	τὼ γερσῠ́μω tṑ gersúmō	τᾰ̀ γέρσῠμᾰ tà gérsuma
Vocative	γέρσῠμον gérsumon	γερσῠ́μω gersúmō	γέρσῠμᾰ gérsuma
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “γέρσυμον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γέρσιμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
• Hesychius' Lexicon: γ