κίσηρις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κῐ́σηλῐς (kísēlis), κῐ́σσηρῐς (kíssēris)

Etymology

Furnée connects γεῖσον (geîson). Undoubtedly a Pre-Greek word, in view of the variation λ/ρ.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kí.sɛː.ris/ → /ˈci.si.ris/ → /ˈci.si.ris/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kí.sɛː.ris/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈki.se̝.ris/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.si.ris/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.si.ris/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.si.ris/

Noun

κῐ́σηρῐς • (kísēris) f (genitive κῐσήρεως); third declension

1. pumice stone

Declension

Third declension of ἡ κῐ́σηρῐς; τῆς κῐσήρεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κῐ́σηρῐς hē kísēris	τὼ κῐσήρει tṑ kisḗrei	αἱ κῐσήρεις hai kisḗreis
Genitive	τῆς κῐσήρεως tês kisḗreōs	τοῖν κῐσηρέοιν toîn kisēréoin	τῶν κῐσήρεων tôn kisḗreōn
Dative	τῇ κῐσήρει têi kisḗrei	τοῖν κῐσηρέοιν toîn kisēréoin	ταῖς κῐσήρεσῐ / κῐσήρεσῐν taîs kisḗresi(n)
Accusative	τὴν κῐ́σηρῐν tḕn kísērin	τὼ κῐσήρει tṑ kisḗrei	τᾱ̀ς κῐσήρεις tā̀s kisḗreis
Vocative	κῐ́σηρῐ kísēri	κῐσήρει kisḗrei	κῐσήρεις kisḗreis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κῐσηροειδής (kisēroeidḗs)
• κῐσηρόομαι (kisēróomai)
• κῐσηρώδης (kisērṓdēs)
• κῐσηρῐ́ζω (kisērízō)
• κῐσήρῐον (kisḗrion)

 

Descendants

• → Classical Syriac: ܩܝܣܘܪܐ
  • → Arabic: قَيْشُور (qayšūr)

Further reading

• κίσηρις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κίσηρις”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 703