Κερασοῦς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κέρασος (kérasos, “cherry”) +‎ -οῦς (-oûs, “-ful”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.ra.sûːs/ → /ce.raˈsus/ → /ce.raˈsus/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.ra.sûːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ke.raˈsus/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ce.raˈsus/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ce.raˈsus/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ce.raˈsus/

Proper noun

Κερᾰσοῦς • (Kerasoûs) m (genitive Κερᾰσοῦντος); third declension

1. Cerasus; Giresun, Turkey

   Synonym: Φᾰρνᾰκῐ́ᾱ (Pharnakíā)

   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 12.3.17

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Κερᾰσοῦς; τοῦ Κερᾰσοῦντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κερᾰσοῦς ho Kerasoûs
Genitive	τοῦ Κερᾰσοῦντος toû Kerasoûntos
Dative	τῷ Κερᾰσοῦντῐ tôi Kerasoûnti
Accusative	τὸν Κερᾰσοῦντᾰ tòn Kerasoûnta
Vocative	Κερᾰσοῦν Kerasoûn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Κερασούντιος (Kerasoúntios)

Descendants

• Greek: Κερασούς (Kerasoús); Κερασούντα (Kerasoúnta)
• → English: Cerasus; Kerasunt
• → Latin: Cerasus
• → Ottoman Turkish: گیره‌سون (Giresun)
  • Turkish: Giresun
    • → English: Giresun
  • → Armenian: Կիրէսուն (Kirēsun), Քիրէսուն (Kʻirēsun)

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005