ξηράφιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ξυράφιον (xuráphion)

Etymology

Diminutive from ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) +‎ -ῐ́ον (-ĭ́on), ellipsis of ξηρίον φάρμακον (xēríon phármakon, literally “dry powder medicine”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksɛː.rá.pʰi.on/ → /ksiˈra.ɸi.on/ → /ksiˈra.fi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksɛː.rá.pʰi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kse̝ˈra.pʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksiˈra.ɸi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksiˈra.fi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksiˈra.fi.on/

Noun

ξηρᾰ́φῐον • (xērắphĭon) n (genitive ξηρᾰφῐ́ου); second declension

1. a desiccative powder for wounds

   Synonym: ξηρίον (xēríon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ξηρᾰ́φῐον; τοῦ ξηρᾰφῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ξηρᾰ́φῐον tò xērắphĭon	τὼ ξηρᾰφῐ́ω tṑ xērăphĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ξηρᾰ́φῐᾰ tằ xērắphĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ξηρᾰφῐ́ου toû xērăphĭ́ou	τοῖν ξηρᾰφῐ́οιν toîn xērăphĭ́oin	τῶν ξηρᾰφῐ́ων tôn xērăphĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ξηρᾰφῐ́ῳ tôi xērăphĭ́ōi	τοῖν ξηρᾰφῐ́οιν toîn xērăphĭ́oin	τοῖς ξηρᾰφῐ́οις toîs xērăphĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ξηρᾰ́φῐον tò xērắphĭon	τὼ ξηρᾰφῐ́ω tṑ xērăphĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ξηρᾰ́φῐᾰ tằ xērắphĭă
Vocative	ξηρᾰ́φῐον xērắphĭon	ξηρᾰφῐ́ω xērăphĭ́ō	ξηρᾰ́φῐᾰ xērắphĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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