κιρσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • κριξός (krixós), κρισσός (krissós)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the variation "σ/ξ" shows that the word is from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κῐρσός • (kirsós) m (genitive κῐρσοῦ); second declension

  1. (pathology) varicocele, enlargement of a vein

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ κῐρσός; τοῦ κῐρσοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κῐρσός
ho kirsós		 τὼ κῐρσώ
tṑ kirsṓ		 οἱ κῐρσοί
hoi kirsoí
Genitive τοῦ κῐρσοῦ
toû kirsoû		 τοῖν κῐρσοῖν
toîn kirsoîn		 τῶν κῐρσῶν
tôn kirsôn
Dative τῷ κῐρσῷ
tôi kirsôi		 τοῖν κῐρσοῖν
toîn kirsoîn		 τοῖς κῐρσοῖς
toîs kirsoîs
Accusative τὸν κῐρσόν
tòn kirsón		 τὼ κῐρσώ
tṑ kirsṓ		 τοὺς κῐρσούς
toùs kirsoús
Vocative κῐρσέ
kirsé		 κῐρσώ
kirsṓ		 κῐρσοί
kirsoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • κίρσιον (kírsion)
  • κιρσοειδής (kirsoeidḗs)
  • κιρσοκήλη (kirsokḗlē)
  • κιρσοτομέω (kirsotoméō)
  • κιρσοτομία (kirsotomía)
  • κιρσουλκέω (kirsoulkéō)
  • κιρσουλκία (kirsoulkía)
  • κιρσουλκός (kirsoulkós)
  • κιρσόω (kirsóō)
  • κιρσώδης (kirsṓdēs)
  • κίρσωσις (kírsōsis)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κιρσός (kirsós), from κρίκος (kríkos) or κίρκος (kírkos).

Noun

κιρσός • (kirsós) m

  1. varicose vein, varicocele

Declension
declension of κιρσός
case     \     number singular plural
nominative κιρσός • κιρσοί •
genitive κιρσού • κιρσών •
accusative κιρσό • κιρσούς •
vocative κιρσέ • κιρσοί •

Further reading
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