ξηράφιον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ξυράφιον (xuráphion)
Etymology
Diminutive from ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) + -ῐ́ον (-íon), ellipsis of ξηρίον φάρμακον (xēríon phármakon, literally “dry powder medicine”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ksɛː.rá.pʰi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kse̝ˈra.pʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ksiˈra.ɸi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ksiˈra.fi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ksiˈra.fi.on/
Noun
ξηρᾰ́φῐον • (xēráphion) n (genitive ξηρᾰφῐ́ου); second declension
- a desiccative powder for wounds
- Synonym: ξηρίον (xēríon)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ξηρᾰ́φῐον tò xēráphion |
τὼ ξηρᾰφῐ́ω tṑ xēraphíō |
τᾰ̀ ξηρᾰ́φῐᾰ tà xēráphia | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ξηρᾰφῐ́ου toû xēraphíou |
τοῖν ξηρᾰφῐ́οιν toîn xēraphíoin |
τῶν ξηρᾰφῐ́ων tôn xēraphíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ξηρᾰφῐ́ῳ tôi xēraphíōi |
τοῖν ξηρᾰφῐ́οιν toîn xēraphíoin |
τοῖς ξηρᾰφῐ́οις toîs xēraphíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ξηρᾰ́φῐον tò xēráphion |
τὼ ξηρᾰφῐ́ω tṑ xēraphíō |
τᾰ̀ ξηρᾰ́φῐᾰ tà xēráphia | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ξηρᾰ́φῐον xēráphion |
ξηρᾰφῐ́ω xēraphíō |
ξηρᾰ́φῐᾰ xēráphia | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ξηράφιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ξηράφιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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