γοσσύπιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit कर्पास (karpāsa, “cotton”), whence also Hebrew כַּרְפַּס (karpás, “fabric of cotton”), κάρπᾰσος (kárpasos, “fabric of cotton”), Latin carbasus (“fabric of cotton”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

γοσσύπιον • (gossúpion) n (genitive γοσσυπίου); second declension

  1. cotton (Gossypium herbaceum)
    Synonyms: βάμβαξ (bámbax), ἐριόξυλον (erióxulon)

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ γοσσύπιον; τοῦ γοσσυπίου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ γοσσύπιον
tò gossúpion		 τὼ γοσσυπίω
tṑ gossupíō		 τᾰ̀ γοσσύπιᾰ
tà gossúpia
Genitive τοῦ γοσσυπίου
toû gossupíou		 τοῖν γοσσυπίοιν
toîn gossupíoin		 τῶν γοσσυπίων
tôn gossupíōn
Dative τῷ γοσσυπίῳ
tôi gossupíōi		 τοῖν γοσσυπίοιν
toîn gossupíoin		 τοῖς γοσσυπίοις
toîs gossupíois
Accusative τὸ γοσσύπιον
tò gossúpion		 τὼ γοσσυπίω
tṑ gossupíō		 τᾰ̀ γοσσύπιᾰ
tà gossúpia
Vocative γοσσύπιον
gossúpion		 γοσσυπίω
gossupíō		 γοσσύπιᾰ
gossúpia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • Latin: gossypium

Further reading
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