ξυρίς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • ξειρίς (xeirís), ξίρις (xíris), ξιρίς (xirís), σίρις (síris), σῖρις (sîris)

Etymology

The alternative forms σίρις (síris) and σῖρις (sîris) suggest that the older form was ξίρις (xíris). The variants point to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ξῠρίς • (xurís) f (genitive ξῠρίδος); third declension

  1. gladen (Iris foetidissima)

Declension
Third declension of ἡ ξῠρῐ́ς; τῆς ξῠρῐ́δος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ξῠρῐ́ς
hē xurís		 τὼ ξῠρῐ́δε
tṑ xuríde		 αἱ ξῠρῐ́δες
hai xurídes
Genitive τῆς ξῠρῐ́δος
tês xurídos		 τοῖν ξῠρῐ́δοιν
toîn xurídoin		 τῶν ξῠρῐ́δων
tôn xurídōn
Dative τῇ ξῠρῐ́δῐ
têi xurídi		 τοῖν ξῠρῐ́δοιν
toîn xurídoin		 ταῖς ξῠρῐ́σῐ / ξῠρῐ́σῐν
taîs xurísi(n)
Accusative τὴν ξῠρῐ́δᾰ
tḕn xurída		 τὼ ξῠρῐ́δε
tṑ xuríde		 τᾱ̀ς ξῠρῐ́δᾰς
tā̀s xurídas
Vocative ξῠρῐ́ς
xurís		 ξῠρῐ́δε
xuríde		 ξῠρῐ́δες
xurídes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants
  • → Latin: xyris
  • → Translingual: Xyris

Further reading
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