ξηράφιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ξυράφιον (xuráphion)

Etymology

Diminutive from ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) +‎ -ῐ́ον (-íon), ellipsis of ξηρίον φάρμακον (xēríon phármakon, literally “dry powder medicine”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ksɛː.rá.pʰi.on/ → /ksiˈra.ɸi.on/ → /ksiˈra.fi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ksɛː.rá.pʰi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kse̝ˈra.pʰi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ksiˈra.ɸi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ksiˈra.fi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ksiˈra.fi.on/

Noun

ξηρᾰ́φῐον • (xēráphion) n (genitive ξηρᾰφῐ́ου); second declension

1. a desiccative powder for wounds

   Synonym: ξηρίον (xēríon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ξηρᾰ́φῐον; τοῦ ξηρᾰφῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ξηρᾰ́φῐον tò xēráphion	τὼ ξηρᾰφῐ́ω tṑ xēraphíō	τᾰ̀ ξηρᾰ́φῐᾰ tà xēráphia
Genitive	τοῦ ξηρᾰφῐ́ου toû xēraphíou	τοῖν ξηρᾰφῐ́οιν toîn xēraphíoin	τῶν ξηρᾰφῐ́ων tôn xēraphíōn
Dative	τῷ ξηρᾰφῐ́ῳ tôi xēraphíōi	τοῖν ξηρᾰφῐ́οιν toîn xēraphíoin	τοῖς ξηρᾰφῐ́οις toîs xēraphíois
Accusative	τὸ ξηρᾰ́φῐον tò xēráphion	τὼ ξηρᾰφῐ́ω tṑ xēraphíō	τᾰ̀ ξηρᾰ́φῐᾰ tà xēráphia
Vocative	ξηρᾰ́φῐον xēráphion	ξηρᾰφῐ́ω xēraphíō	ξηρᾰ́φῐᾰ xēráphia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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