χρυσίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion, “diminutive suffix”). See χρυσός (khrusós) for further etymology.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰryː.sí.on/ → /xryˈsi.on/ → /xriˈsi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰryː.sí.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰryˈsi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xryˈsi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xryˈsi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xriˈsi.on/

Noun

χρῡσίον • (khrūsíon) n (genitive χρῡσίου); second declension

1. a piece of gold
2. gold (substance)
3. specifically, a gold coin, money
4. gold thread
5. a term of endearment (translated my treasure!)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ χρῡσῐ́ον; τοῦ χρῡσῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χρῡσῐ́ον tò khrūsíon	τὼ χρῡσῐ́ω tṑ khrūsíō	τᾰ̀ χρῡσῐ́ᾰ tà khrūsía
Genitive	τοῦ χρῡσῐ́ου toû khrūsíou	τοῖν χρῡσῐ́οιν toîn khrūsíoin	τῶν χρῡσῐ́ων tôn khrūsíōn
Dative	τῷ χρῡσῐ́ῳ tôi khrūsíōi	τοῖν χρῡσῐ́οιν toîn khrūsíoin	τοῖς χρῡσῐ́οις toîs khrūsíois
Accusative	τὸ χρῡσῐ́ον tò khrūsíon	τὼ χρῡσῐ́ω tṑ khrūsíō	τᾰ̀ χρῡσῐ́ᾰ tà khrūsía
Vocative	χρῡσῐ́ον khrūsíon	χρῡσῐ́ω khrūsíō	χρῡσῐ́ᾰ khrūsía
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “χρυσίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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