ξυρίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ξειρίς (xeirís), ξίρις (xíris), ξιρίς (xirís), σίρις (síris), σῖρις (sîris)

Etymology

The alternative forms σίρις (síris) and σῖρις (sîris) suggest that the older form was ξίρις (xíris). The variants point to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksy.rís/ → /ksyˈris/ → /ksiˈris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksy.rís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ksyˈris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksyˈris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksyˈris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksiˈris/

Noun

ξῠρίς • (xŭrís) f (genitive ξῠρίδος); third declension

1. gladen (Iris foetidissima)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ξῠρῐ́ς; τῆς ξῠρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ξῠρῐ́ς hē xŭrĭ́s	τὼ ξῠρῐ́δε tṑ xŭrĭ́de	αἱ ξῠρῐ́δες hai xŭrĭ́des
Genitive	τῆς ξῠρῐ́δος tês xŭrĭ́dos	τοῖν ξῠρῐ́δοιν toîn xŭrĭ́doin	τῶν ξῠρῐ́δων tôn xŭrĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ ξῠρῐ́δῐ têi xŭrĭ́dĭ	τοῖν ξῠρῐ́δοιν toîn xŭrĭ́doin	ταῖς ξῠρῐ́σῐ / ξῠρῐ́σῐν taîs xŭrĭ́sĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν ξῠρῐ́δᾰ tḕn xŭrĭ́dă	τὼ ξῠρῐ́δε tṑ xŭrĭ́de	τᾱ̀ς ξῠρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s xŭrĭ́dăs
Vocative	ξῠρῐ́ς xŭrĭ́s	ξῠρῐ́δε xŭrĭ́de	ξῠρῐ́δες xŭrĭ́des
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Latin: xyris
• → Translingual: Xyris

Further reading

• “ξυρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ξυρίς 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