The alternative forms σίρις (síris) and σῖρις (sîris) suggest that the older form was ξίρις (xíris). The variants point to a Pre-Greek origin.
ξῠρίς • (xŭrís) f (genitive ξῠρίδος); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ ξῠρῐ́ς hē xŭrĭ́s |
τὼ ξῠρῐ́δε tṑ xŭrĭ́de |
αἱ ξῠρῐ́δες hai xŭrĭ́des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ξῠρῐ́δος tês xŭrĭ́dos |
τοῖν ξῠρῐ́δοιν toîn xŭrĭ́doin |
τῶν ξῠρῐ́δων tôn xŭrĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ξῠρῐ́δῐ têi xŭrĭ́dĭ |
τοῖν ξῠρῐ́δοιν toîn xŭrĭ́doin |
ταῖς ξῠρῐ́σῐ / ξῠρῐ́σῐν taîs xŭrĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ξῠρῐ́δᾰ tḕn xŭrĭ́dă |
τὼ ξῠρῐ́δε tṑ xŭrĭ́de |
τᾱ̀ς ξῠρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s xŭrĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ξῠρῐ́ς xŭrĭ́s |
ξῠρῐ́δε xŭrĭ́de |
ξῠρῐ́δες xŭrĭ́des | ||||||||||
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