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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

  • "ἐν τῇ Βιθυνῶν γῇ γίνεται ἡ χαμαικέρασοσ, ἧσ ἡ μὲν ῥίζα ἐστὶν οὐ μεγάλη, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ τὸ δένδρον, ἀλλὰ τῇ ῥοδῇ ἴσον, ὁ δὲ καρπὸσ τὰ μὲν ἄλλα πάντα κεράσῳ ὅμοιοσ, τοὺσ δὲ πλείονι χρησαμένουσ καθότι οἶνοσ βαρύνει τε καὶ ἀλγεῖν τὴν κεφαλὴν τίθησι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 352)
  • κεράσω σοι τὴν κυλίσκην; (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 62 1:3)

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