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κερασός

Second declension Noun; Masculine 식물 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κερασός κερασοῦ

Structure: κερας (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. bird cherry, Prunus avium (tree)

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • αὕτη ἡ Φαρνακία πάλαι Κερασοῦσ ἐκαλεῖτο, Σινωπέων καὶ αὕτη ἄποικοσ. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 16 6:3)
  • ἐν δὲ τῇ παραλίᾳ ταύτῃ ἀπὸ Ἀμισοῦ πλέουσιν ἡ Ἡράκλειοσ ἄκρα πρῶτον ἔστιν, εἶτ’ ἄλλη ἄκρα Ιἀσόνιον καὶ ὁ Γενήτησ, εἶτα Κοτύωρα πολίχνη ἐξ ἧσ συνῳκίσθη ἡ Φαρνακία, εἶτ’ Ἰσχόπολισ κατερηριμμένη, εἶτα κόλποσ ἐν ᾧ Κερασοῦσ τε καὶ Ἑρμώνασσα κατοικίαι μέτριαι, εἶτα τῆσ Ἑρμωνάσσησ πλησίον ἡ Τραπεζοῦσ, εἶθ’ ἡ Κολχίσ· (Strabo, Geography, Book 12, chapter 3 34:3)

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