Κερασοῦς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Contraction of *Κερασό(ϝ)εις, from κέρασος (kérasos, “cherry”) +‎ -εις (-eis, “-ful”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Κερᾰσοῦς • (Kerasoûs) m (genitive Κερᾰσοῦντος); third declension

  1. Cerasus, a colony in Pontus founded by Miletus, later known as Giresun.

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Κερᾰσοῦς; τοῦ Κερᾰσοῦντος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Κερᾰσοῦς
ho Kerasoûs
Genitive τοῦ Κερᾰσοῦντος
toû Kerasoûntos
Dative τῷ Κερᾰσοῦντῐ
tôi Kerasoûnti
Accusative τὸν Κερᾰσοῦντᾰ
tòn Kerasoûnta
Vocative Κερᾰσοῦν
Kerasoûn
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Κερασούντιος (Kerasoúntios)

Descendants

References
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005
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