κεράσιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κεράσιν (kerásin)

Etymology

From κερᾰσός (kerasós) +‎ -ῐον (-ion).

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 • (kerásion) 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 kerásion	τὼ κερᾰσῐ́ω tṑ kerasíō	τᾰ̀ κερᾰ́σῐᾰ tà kerásia
Genitive	τοῦ κερᾰσῐ́ου toû kerasíou	τοῖν κερᾰσῐ́οιν toîn kerasíoin	τῶν κερᾰσῐ́ων tôn kerasíōn
Dative	τῷ κερᾰσῐ́ῳ tôi kerasíōi	τοῖν κερᾰσῐ́οιν toîn kerasíoin	τοῖς κερᾰσῐ́οις toîs kerasíois
Accusative	τὸ κερᾰ́σῐον tò kerásion	τὼ κερᾰσῐ́ω tṑ kerasíō	τᾰ̀ κερᾰ́σῐᾰ tà kerásia
Vocative	κερᾰ́σῐον kerásion	κερᾰσῐ́ω kerasíō	κερᾰ́σῐᾰ kerásia
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