Χερσόνησος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Χερρόνησος (Kherrhónēsos)

Etymology

From χερσόνησος (khersónēsos, “peninsula”), from χέρσος (khérsos, “dry”) +‎ νῆσος (nêsos, “island”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Χερσόνησος • (Khersónēsos) f (genitive Χερσονήσου); second declension

  1. Chersonese

Inflection
Second declension of ἡ Χερσόνησος; τῆς Χερσονήσου (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Χερσόνησος
hē Khersónēsos
Genitive τῆς Χερσονήσου
tês Khersonḗsou
Dative τῇ Χερσονήσῳ
têi Khersonḗsōi
Accusative τὴν Χερσόνησον
tḕn Khersónēson
Vocative Χερσόνησε
Khersónēse
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • Χερσονήσιος (Khersonḗsios)
  • Χερσονησίτης (Khersonēsítēs)

Descendants
  • Greek: Χερσόνησος (Chersónisos)
  • → Latin: Chersonesus (see there for further descendants)

Further reading
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
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