κρασίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρᾶσις (krâsis, “mixture”) +‎ -ίον (-íon, diminutive suffix)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kraˈsi.on/

• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kraˈsi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kraˈsi.on/

Noun

κρασίον • (krasíon) n (genitive κρασίου); second declension (Byzantine)

1. winecup
2. wine

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κρασῐ́ον; τοῦ κρασῐ́ου (byz)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κρασῐ́ον tò krasíon	τᾰ̀ κρασῐ́ᾰ tà krasía
Genitive	τοῦ κρασῐ́ου toû krasíou	τῶν κρασῐ́ων tôn krasíōn
Dative	τῷ κρασῐ́ῳ tôi krasíōi	τοῖς κρασῐ́οις toîs krasíois
Accusative	τὸ κρασῐ́ον tò krasíon	τᾰ̀ κρασῐ́ᾰ tà krasía
Vocative	κρασῐ́ον krasíon	κρασῐ́ᾰ krasía
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Descendants

• Greek: κρασί (krasí)
• Italiot Greek: crasì
• Mariupol Greek: красы́ (krasý)
• → Sicilian: crascì

Further reading

• κρασίον 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
• Sophocles, Evangelinos Apostolides (1900) “κρασίον”, in Greek Lexicon of the Roman and Byzantine Periods (from B. C. 146 to A. D. 1100), New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 688