κόρσιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κορσαῖον (korsaîon), κόρσεον (kórseon)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kór.si.on/ → /ˈkor.si.on/ → /ˈkor.si.on/

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

Noun

κόρσῐον • (kórsion) n (genitive κορσῐ́ου); second declension

1. tuber of the blue lotus (Nymphaea nouchali)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κόρσῐον; τοῦ κορσῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κόρσῐον tò kórsion	τὼ κορσῐ́ω tṑ korsíō	τᾰ̀ κόρσῐᾰ tà kórsia
Genitive	τοῦ κορσῐ́ου toû korsíou	τοῖν κορσῐ́οιν toîn korsíoin	τῶν κορσῐ́ων tôn korsíōn
Dative	τῷ κορσῐ́ῳ tôi korsíōi	τοῖν κορσῐ́οιν toîn korsíoin	τοῖς κορσῐ́οις toîs korsíois
Accusative	τὸ κόρσῐον tò kórsion	τὼ κορσῐ́ω tṑ korsíō	τᾰ̀ κόρσῐᾰ tà kórsia
Vocative	κόρσῐον kórsion	κορσῐ́ω korsíō	κόρσῐᾰ kórsia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κόρσιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κόρσιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette