κεράσιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κεράσιν (kerásin)

Etymology

From κερᾰσός (kerăsós) +‎ -ῐον (-ĭon).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ke.rá.si.on/ → /ceˈra.si.on/ → /ceˈra.si.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ke.rá.si.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /keˈra.si.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ceˈra.si.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ceˈra.si.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ceˈra.si.on/

Noun

κερᾰ́σῐον • (kerắsĭon) n (genitive κερᾰσῐ́ου); second declension

1. cherry
2. cherry tree

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κερᾰ́σῐον; τοῦ κερᾰσῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κερᾰ́σῐον tò kerắsĭon	τὼ κερᾰσῐ́ω tṑ kerăsĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κερᾰ́σῐᾰ tằ kerắsĭă
Genitive	τοῦ κερᾰσῐ́ου toû kerăsĭ́ou	τοῖν κερᾰσῐ́οιν toîn kerăsĭ́oin	τῶν κερᾰσῐ́ων tôn kerăsĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ κερᾰσῐ́ῳ tōî kerăsĭ́ōi	τοῖν κερᾰσῐ́οιν toîn kerăsĭ́oin	τοῖς κερᾰσῐ́οις toîs kerăsĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ κερᾰ́σῐον tò kerắsĭon	τὼ κερᾰσῐ́ω tṑ kerăsĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ κερᾰ́σῐᾰ tằ kerắsĭă
Vocative	κερᾰ́σῐον kerắsĭon	κερᾰσῐ́ω kerăsĭ́ō	κερᾰ́σῐᾰ kerắsĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: cerasium (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “κεράσιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• κεράσιν in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften