ξηρίον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ξηρός (xērós, “dry”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ksɛː.rí.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kseˈri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ksiˈri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ksiˈri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ksiˈri.on/
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ξηρῐ́ον tò xēríon |
τὼ ξηρῐ́ω tṑ xēríō |
τᾰ̀ ξηρῐ́ᾰ tà xēría | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ξηρῐ́ου toû xēríou |
τοῖν ξηρῐ́οιν toîn xēríoin |
τῶν ξηρῐ́ων tôn xēríōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ξηρῐ́ῳ tôi xēríōi |
τοῖν ξηρῐ́οιν toîn xēríoin |
τοῖς ξηρῐ́οις toîs xēríois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ξηρῐ́ον tò xēríon |
τὼ ξηρῐ́ω tṑ xēríō |
τᾰ̀ ξηρῐ́ᾰ tà xēría | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ξηρῐ́ον xēríon |
ξηρῐ́ω xēríō |
ξηρῐ́ᾰ xēría | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Arabic: الإكسير (al-’iksīr)
Further reading
- ξηρίον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ξηρίον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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