Κερασοῦς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κέρασος (kérasos, “cherry”) +‎ -οῦς (-oûs, “-ful”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Κερᾰσοῦς • (Kerasoûs) m (genitive Κερᾰσοῦντος); third declension

  1. Cerasus; Giresun, Turkey
    Synonym: Φᾰρνᾰκῐ́ᾱ (Pharnakíā)

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Κερᾰσοῦς; τοῦ Κερᾰσοῦντος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Κερᾰσοῦς
ho Kerasoûs
Genitive τοῦ Κερᾰσοῦντος
toû Kerasoûntos
Dative τῷ Κερᾰσοῦντῐ
tôi Kerasoûnti
Accusative τὸν Κερᾰσοῦντᾰ
tòn Kerasoûnta
Vocative Κερᾰσοῦν
Kerasoûn
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Κερασούντιος (Kerasoúntios)

Descendants
  • Greek: Κερασούς (Kerasoús); Κερασούντα (Kerasoúnta)
  • → English: Cerasus; Kerasunt
  • → Latin: Cerasus
  • → Ottoman Turkish: گیره‌سون (Giresun)
    • Turkish: Giresun
    • → Armenian: Կիրէսուն (Kirēsun), Քիրէսուն (Kʻirēsun)

Further reading
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005
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