Κερασοῦς
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κέρασος (kérasos, “cherry”) + -οῦς (-oûs, “-ful”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ke.ra.sûːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ke.raˈsus/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ce.raˈsus/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ce.raˈsus/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ce.raˈsus/
Proper noun
Κερᾰσοῦς • (Kerasoûs) m (genitive Κερᾰσοῦντος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Κερᾰσοῦς ho Kerasoûs | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Κερᾰσοῦντος toû Kerasoûntos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Κερᾰσοῦντῐ tôi Kerasoûnti | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Κερᾰσοῦντᾰ tòn Kerasoûnta | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Κερᾰσοῦν Kerasoûn | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Κερασούντιος (Kerasoúntios)
Descendants
- Greek: Κερασούς (Kerasoús); Κερασούντα (Kerasoúnta)
- → English: Cerasus; Kerasunt
- → Latin: Cerasus
- → Ottoman Turkish: گیرهسون (Giresun)
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005