γοσσύπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit कर्पास (karpāsa, “cotton”), whence also Hebrew כַּרְפַּס (karpás, “fabric of cotton”), κάρπᾰσος (kárpasos, “fabric of cotton”), Latin carbasus (“fabric of cotton”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɣosˈsy.pi.on/ → /ɣoˈsi.pi.on/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡosˈsy.pi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣosˈsy.pi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣosˈsy.pi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣoˈsi.pi.on/

Noun

γοσσύπιον • (gossúpion) n (genitive γοσσυπίου); second declension

1. cotton (Gossypium herbaceum)

   Synonyms: βάμβαξ (bámbax), ἐριόξυλον (erióxulon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ γοσσύπιον; τοῦ γοσσυπίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ γοσσύπιον tò gossúpion	τὼ γοσσυπίω tṑ gossupíō	τᾰ̀ γοσσύπιᾰ tà gossúpia
Genitive	τοῦ γοσσυπίου toû gossupíou	τοῖν γοσσυπίοιν toîn gossupíoin	τῶν γοσσυπίων tôn gossupíōn
Dative	τῷ γοσσυπίῳ tôi gossupíōi	τοῖν γοσσυπίοιν toîn gossupíoin	τοῖς γοσσυπίοις toîs gossupíois
Accusative	τὸ γοσσύπιον tò gossúpion	τὼ γοσσυπίω tṑ gossupíō	τᾰ̀ γοσσύπιᾰ tà gossúpia
Vocative	γοσσύπιον gossúpion	γοσσυπίω gossupíō	γοσσύπιᾰ gossúpia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: gossypium

Further reading

• γοσσύπιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)