γεῖσον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γεῖσα (geîsa), γεῖσος (geîsos), γεῖσσον (geîsson)

Etymology

According to Stephanus of Byzantium, a Carian word related to γίσσα (gíssa, “stone”). Furnée compares Georgian ხრეში (xreši, “gravel”) and κίσηρις (kísēris, “pumice stone”). In any case, the word is a loan, either from an Anatolian language or from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡêː.son/ → /ˈʝi.son/ → /ˈʝi.son/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡêː.son/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.son/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.son/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.son/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈʝi.son/

Noun

γεῖσον • (geîson) n (genitive γείσου); second declension

1. (architecture) projecting part of the roof, cornice

   Synonym: θριγκός (thrinkós)

2. coping of a wall
3. hem or border of a garment

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ γεῖσον; τοῦ γείσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γεῖσον tò geîson	τὼ γείσω tṑ geísō	τᾰ̀ γεῖσᾰ tà geîsa
Genitive	τοῦ γείσου toû geísou	τοῖν γείσοιν toîn geísoin	τῶν γείσων tôn geísōn
Dative	τῷ γείσῳ tôi geísōi	τοῖν γείσοιν toîn geísoin	τοῖς γείσοις toîs geísois
Accusative	τὸ γεῖσον tò geîson	τὼ γείσω tṑ geísō	τᾰ̀ γεῖσᾰ tà geîsa
Vocative	γεῖσον geîson	γείσω geísō	γεῖσᾰ geîsa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• γεισήπους (geisḗpous)
• γείσιον (geísion)
• γεισόλογχος (geisólonkhos)
• γεισόω (geisóō)
• γείσωμα (geísōma)
• γείσωσις (geísōsis)

 

Further reading

• “γεῖσον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γεῖσον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γεῖσον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• 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