χρυσίον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + -ῐον (-ion, “diminutive suffix”). See χρυσός (khrusós) for further etymology.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰryː.sí.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰryˈsi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xryˈsi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xryˈsi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xriˈsi.on/
Noun
χρῡσίον • (khrūsíon) n (genitive χρῡσίου); second declension
- a piece of gold
- gold (substance)
- specifically, a gold coin, money
- gold thread
- a term of endearment (translated my treasure!)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ χρῡσῐ́ον tò khrūsíon |
τὼ χρῡσῐ́ω tṑ khrūsíō |
τᾰ̀ χρῡσῐ́ᾰ tà khrūsía | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χρῡσῐ́ου toû khrūsíou |
τοῖν χρῡσῐ́οιν toîn khrūsíoin |
τῶν χρῡσῐ́ων tôn khrūsíōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χρῡσῐ́ῳ tôi khrūsíōi |
τοῖν χρῡσῐ́οιν toîn khrūsíoin |
τοῖς χρῡσῐ́οις toîs khrūsíois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ χρῡσῐ́ον tò khrūsíon |
τὼ χρῡσῐ́ω tṑ khrūsíō |
τᾰ̀ χρῡσῐ́ᾰ tà khrūsía | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χρῡσῐ́ον khrūsíon |
χρῡσῐ́ω khrūsíō |
χρῡσῐ́ᾰ khrūsía | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χρυσίον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
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