κίρσιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κιρσός (kirsós, “varicose vein”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kír.si.on/ → /ˈcir.si.on/ → /ˈcir.si.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kír.si.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkir.si.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcir.si.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcir.si.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcir.si.on/

Noun

κῐ́ρσῐον • (kírsion) n (genitive κῐρσῐ́ου); second declension

1. kind of thistle

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κῐ́ρσῐον; τοῦ κῐρσῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῐ́ρσῐον tò kírsion	τὼ κῐρσῐ́ω tṑ kirsíō	τᾰ̀ κῐ́ρσῐᾰ tà kírsia
Genitive	τοῦ κῐρσῐ́ου toû kirsíou	τοῖν κῐρσῐ́οιν toîn kirsíoin	τῶν κῐρσῐ́ων tôn kirsíōn
Dative	τῷ κῐρσῐ́ῳ tôi kirsíōi	τοῖν κῐρσῐ́οιν toîn kirsíoin	τοῖς κῐρσῐ́οις toîs kirsíois
Accusative	τὸ κῐ́ρσῐον tò kírsion	τὼ κῐρσῐ́ω tṑ kirsíō	τᾰ̀ κῐ́ρσῐᾰ tà kírsia
Vocative	κῐ́ρσῐον kírsion	κῐρσῐ́ω kirsíō	κῐ́ρσῐᾰ kírsia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: cirsion
• → Translingual: Cirsium

Further reading

• κίρσιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette