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 • (kórsĭon) 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 kórsĭon	τὼ κορσῐ́ω tṑ korsĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κόρσῐᾰ tằ kórsĭă
Genitive	τοῦ κορσῐ́ου toû korsĭ́ou	τοῖν κορσῐ́οιν toîn korsĭ́oin	τῶν κορσῐ́ων tôn korsĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ κορσῐ́ῳ tôi korsĭ́ōi	τοῖν κορσῐ́οιν toîn korsĭ́oin	τοῖς κορσῐ́οις toîs korsĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ κόρσῐον tò kórsĭon	τὼ κορσῐ́ω tṑ korsĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κόρσῐᾰ tằ kórsĭă
Vocative	κόρσῐον kórsĭon	κορσῐ́ω korsĭ́ō	κόρσῐᾰ kórsĭă
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