κίρσιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κιρσός (kirsós, “varicose vein”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kír.si.on/ → /ˈcir.si.on/ → /ˈcir.si.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kír.si.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkir.si.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcir.si.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcir.si.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcir.si.on/

Noun

κῐ́ρσῐον • (kĭ́rsĭon) n (genitive κῐρσῐ́ου); second declension

1. kind of thistle

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κῐ́ρσῐον; τοῦ κῐρσῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῐ́ρσῐον tò kĭ́rsĭon	τὼ κῐρσῐ́ω tṑ kĭrsĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κῐ́ρσῐᾰ tằ kĭ́rsĭă
Genitive	τοῦ κῐρσῐ́ου toû kĭrsĭ́ou	τοῖν κῐρσῐ́οιν toîn kĭrsĭ́oin	τῶν κῐρσῐ́ων tôn kĭrsĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ κῐρσῐ́ῳ tôi kĭrsĭ́ōi	τοῖν κῐρσῐ́οιν toîn kĭrsĭ́oin	τοῖς κῐρσῐ́οις toîs kĭrsĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ κῐ́ρσῐον tò kĭ́rsĭon	τὼ κῐρσῐ́ω tṑ kĭrsĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κῐ́ρσῐᾰ tằ kĭ́rsĭă
Vocative	κῐ́ρσῐον kĭ́rsĭon	κῐρσῐ́ω kĭrsĭ́ō	κῐ́ρσῐᾰ kĭ́rsĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: cirsion
• → Translingual: Cirsium

Further reading

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