κερσαῖον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Compare κέρσα (kérsa, “Asian coin”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ker.sâi̯.on/ → /cerˈsɛ.on/ → /cerˈse.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ker.sâi̯.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kerˈsɛ.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cerˈsɛ.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cerˈse.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /cerˈse.on/

Noun

κερσαῖον • (kersaîon) n (genitive κερσαίου); second declension

1. Egyptian coin

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κερσαῖον; τοῦ κερσαίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κερσαῖον tò kersaîon	τὼ κερσαίω tṑ kersaíō	τᾰ̀ κερσαῖᾰ tà kersaîa
Genitive	τοῦ κερσαίου toû kersaíou	τοῖν κερσαίοιν toîn kersaíoin	τῶν κερσαίων tôn kersaíōn
Dative	τῷ κερσαίῳ tôi kersaíōi	τοῖν κερσαίοιν toîn kersaíoin	τοῖς κερσαίοις toîs kersaíois
Accusative	τὸ κερσαῖον tò kersaîon	τὼ κερσαίω tṑ kersaíō	τᾰ̀ κερσαῖᾰ tà kersaîa
Vocative	κερσαῖον kersaîon	κερσαίω kersaíō	κερσαῖᾰ kersaîa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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