χερσόνησος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χέρσος (khérsos, “dry land”) + νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰer.só.nɛː.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰerˈso.ne̝.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /çerˈso.ni.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /çerˈso.ni.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /çerˈso.ni.sos/
Noun
χερσόνησος • (khersónēsos) f (genitive χερσονήσου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ χερσόνησος hē khersónēsos |
τὼ χερσονήσω tṑ khersonḗsō |
αἱ χερσόνησοι hai khersónēsoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς χερσονήσου tês khersonḗsou |
τοῖν χερσονήσοιν toîn khersonḗsoin |
τῶν χερσονήσων tôn khersonḗsōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ χερσονήσῳ têi khersonḗsōi |
τοῖν χερσονήσοιν toîn khersonḗsoin |
ταῖς χερσονήσοις taîs khersonḗsois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν χερσόνησον tḕn khersónēson |
τὼ χερσονήσω tṑ khersonḗsō |
τᾱ̀ς χερσονήσους tā̀s khersonḗsous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χερσόνησε khersónēse |
χερσονήσω khersonḗsō |
χερσόνησοι khersónēsoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Χερσόνησος (Khersónēsos)
Descendants
- → Greek: χερσόνησος (chersónisos) (learned)
References
- “χερσόνησος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χερσόνησος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χερσόνησος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- chersonese idem, page 129.
- peninsula idem, page 603.
Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek χερσόνησος (khersónēsos).[1] Doublet of Χερσώνα (Chersóna, “Kherson”).
Pronunciation
Noun
χερσόνησος • (chersónisos) f (plural χερσόνησοι)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | χερσόνησος (chersónisos) | χερσόνησοι (chersónisoi) |
| genitive | χερσονήσου (chersonísou) | χερσονήσων (chersoníson) |
| accusative | χερσόνησο (chersóniso) | χερσονήσους (chersonísous) |
| vocative | χερσόνησε (chersónise) χερσόνησο (chersóniso) |
χερσόνησοι (chersónisoi) |
See also
- ακρωτήριο f (akrotírio, “cape”, “headland”)
References
- ^ χερσόνησος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
Further reading
χερσόνησος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
