καλάσιρις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κᾰλᾰ́σηρῐς (kălắsērĭs)

Etymology

From Egyptian, even though the exact word remains unclear.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ka.lá.siː.ris/ → /kaˈla.si.ris/ → /kaˈla.si.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ka.lá.siː.ris/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kaˈla.si.ris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaˈla.si.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaˈla.si.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈla.si.ris/

Noun

κᾰλᾰ́σῑρῐς • (kălắsīrĭs) f (genitive κᾰλᾰσῑ́ρῐος); third declension

1. long Egyptian garment, with tassels or fringe at the bottom

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ κᾰλᾰ́σῑρῐς; τῆς κᾰλᾰσῑ́ρῐος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κᾰλᾰ́σῑρῐς hē kălắsīrĭs	τὼ κᾰλᾰσῑ́ρῐε tṑ kălăsī́rĭe	αἱ κᾰλᾰσῑ́ρῐες hai kălăsī́rĭes
Genitive	τῆς κᾰλᾰσῑ́ρῐος tês kălăsī́rĭos	τοῖν κᾰλᾰσῑρῐ́οιν toîn kălăsīrĭ́oin	τῶν κᾰλᾰσῑρῐ́ων tôn kălăsīrĭ́ōn
Dative	τῇ κᾰλᾰσῑ́ρῑ têi kălăsī́rī	τοῖν κᾰλᾰσῑρῐ́οιν toîn kălăsīrĭ́oin	ταῖς κᾰλᾰσῑ́ρῐσῐ / κᾰλᾰσῑ́ρῐσῐν taîs kălăsī́rĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν κᾰλᾰ́σῑρῐν tḕn kălắsīrĭn	τὼ κᾰλᾰσῑ́ρῐε tṑ kălăsī́rĭe	τᾱ̀ς κᾰλᾰσῑ́ρῑς / κᾰλᾰσῑ́ρῐᾰς tā̀s kălăsī́rīs / kălăsī́rĭăs
Vocative	κᾰλᾰ́σῑρῐ kălắsīrĭ	κᾰλᾰσῑ́ρῐε kălăsī́rĭe	κᾰλᾰσῑ́ρῐες kălăsī́rĭes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• τρῠφοκᾰλᾰ́σῑρῐς (trŭphokălắsīrĭs)

Further reading

• “καλάσιρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “καλάσιρις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• καλάσιρις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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