κασσίτερος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• καττίτερος (kattíteros) — Attic

Etymology

An Elamite origin has been suggested but, according to Beekes, the group "σσ/ττ" is typically Pre-Greek, so the word would have come from Greece or Western Anatolia, like μόλυβδος (mólubdos, “lead”), but even if so, the word might still go back to Mesopotamia, representing the name of the Kassites, who settled near Elam and major sources of tin. Compare also the etymology of Arabic مَرْقَشِيتَا (marqašītā, “marcasite”). Related to Sanskrit कस्तीर (kastīra, “tin”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kas.sí.te.ros/ → /kasˈsi.te.ros/ → /kaˈsi.te.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kas.sí.te.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kasˈsi.te.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kasˈsi.te.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kasˈsi.te.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaˈsi.te.ros/

Noun

κασσίτερος • (kassíteros) m (genitive κασσῐτέρου); second declension

1. tin

   Synonym: βούλλα (boúlla)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κασσίτερος; τοῦ κασσιτέρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κασσίτερος ho kassíteros	τὼ κασσιτέρω tṑ kassitérō	οἱ κασσίτεροι hoi kassíteroi
Genitive	τοῦ κασσιτέρου toû kassitérou	τοῖν κασσιτέροιν toîn kassitéroin	τῶν κασσιτέρων tôn kassitérōn
Dative	τῷ κασσιτέρῳ tôi kassitérōi	τοῖν κασσιτέροιν toîn kassitéroin	τοῖς κασσιτέροις toîs kassitérois
Accusative	τὸν κασσίτερον tòn kassíteron	τὼ κασσιτέρω tṑ kassitérō	τοὺς κασσιτέρους toùs kassitérous
Vocative	κασσίτερε kassítere	κασσιτέρω kassitérō	κασσίτεροι kassíteroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of κασσίτερος; κασσιτέρου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κασσίτερος kassíteros	κασσιτέρω kassitérō	κασσίτεροι kassíteroi
Genitive	κασσιτέρου / κασσιτεροῖο / κασσιτέροιο / κασσιτερόο / κασσιτέροο kassitérou / kassiteroîo / kassitéroio / kassiteróo / kassitéroo	κασσιτέροιῐν kassitéroiin	κασσιτέρων kassitérōn
Dative	κασσιτέρῳ kassitérōi	κασσιτέροιῐν kassitéroiin	κασσιτέροισῐ / κασσιτέροισῐν / κασσιτέροις kassitéroisi(n) / kassitérois
Accusative	κασσίτερον kassíteron	κασσιτέρω kassitérō	κασσιτέρους kassitérous
Vocative	κασσίτερε kassítere	κασσιτέρω kassitérō	κασσίτεροι kassíteroi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• κασσιτερᾶς (kassiterâs)
• Κασσιτερίδες (Kassiterídes)
• κασσιτέρινος (kassitérinos)
• κασσιτεροποιός (kassiteropoiós)
• κασσιτερουργός (kassiterourgós)
• κασσιτερόω (kassiteróō)

 

Descendants

• Greek: κασσίτερος (kassíteros)
• → Aramaic: קְסְטִירָא (qəsṭīrā), קַסִּיטְרָא (qassīṭrā)
  • → Arabic: قَصْدِير (qaṣdīr)
• → Serbo-Croatian: kòsitar
• → Slovene: kosítər

Further reading

• “κασσίτερος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κασσίτερος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• 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

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κασσίτερος (kassíteros).

Noun

κασσίτερος • (kassíteros) m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry, metallurgy) tin

Declension

  κασσίτερος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	κασσίτερος •
genitive	κασσιτέρου •
accusative	κασσίτερο •
vocative	κασσίτερε •

Coordinate terms

• Appendix:Greek names for chemical elements
• κονσέρβα f (konsérva, “tin for preserving food”)
• λευκοσίδηρος m (lefkosídiros, “tin-plate”)

Related terms

• ακασσιτέρωτος (akassitérotos, “tinless”)

Further reading

• κασσίτερος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el