ξηρίον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ξηρός (xērós, “dry”) +‎ -ίον (-íon), or ellipsis of ξηρίον φάρμακον (xēríon phármakon, literally “dry powder medicine”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ξηρῐ́ον • (xēríon) n (genitive ξηρῐ́ου); second declension

  1. a desiccative powder for wounds
    Synonym: ξηράφιον (xēráphion)

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ξηρῐ́ον; τοῦ ξηρῐ́ου (Attic)
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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants
  • → Classical Syriac: ܟܣܝܪܝܢ (ksīrīn), ܟܣܪܝܢ (ksirīn), ܟܣܐܪܝܢ (ksērīn)

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