κίρσιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Maybe from κιρσός (kirsós, “varicose vein”). κύθιον (kúthion)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kír.si.on/ → /ˈcir.si.on/ → /ˈcir.si.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kír.si.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkir.si.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcir.si.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcir.si.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcir.si.on/

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Noun

κίρσιον • (kírsion) n (genitive κιρσίου); second declension

1. A kind of thistle

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κίρσιον; τοῦ κιρσίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κίρσιον tò kírsion	τὼ κιρσίω tṑ kirsíō	τᾰ̀ κίρσιᾰ tà kírsia
Genitive	τοῦ κιρσίου toû kirsíou	τοῖν κιρσίοιν toîn kirsíoin	τῶν κιρσίων tôn kirsíōn
Dative	τῷ κιρσίῳ tôi kirsíōi	τοῖν κιρσίοιν toîn kirsíoin	τοῖς κιρσίοις toîs kirsíois
Accusative	τὸ κίρσιον tò kírsion	τὼ κιρσίω tṑ kirsíō	τᾰ̀ κίρσιᾰ tà kírsia
Vocative	κίρσιον kírsion	κιρσίω kirsíō	κίρσιᾰ kírsia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: cirsion
• Translingual: Cirsium

Further reading

• κίρσιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette