χρυσός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Likely borrowed from a Semitic source; compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀬𐀰 (ku-ru-so), Hebrew חֶרֶס (ḥéres) (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?), Phoenician 𐤇𐤀𐤓𐤏𐤕𐤆 (ḥʾrʿtz), Akkadian 𒆬𒄀 (ḫurāṣu [KUG.SIG17]).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰryː.sós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰryˈsos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xryˈsos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xryˈsos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xriˈsos/
Noun
χρῡσός • (khrūsós) m (genitive χρῡσοῦ); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ χρῡσός ho khrūsós |
τὼ χρῡσώ tṑ khrūsṓ |
οἱ χρῡσοί hoi khrūsoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χρῡσοῦ toû khrūsoû |
τοῖν χρῡσοῖν toîn khrūsoîn |
τῶν χρῡσῶν tôn khrūsôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χρῡσῷ tôi khrūsôi |
τοῖν χρῡσοῖν toîn khrūsoîn |
τοῖς χρῡσοῖς toîs khrūsoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν χρῡσόν tòn khrūsón |
τὼ χρῡσώ tṑ khrūsṓ |
τοὺς χρῡσούς toùs khrūsoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χρῡσέ khrūsé |
χρῡσώ khrūsṓ |
χρῡσοί khrūsoí | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. | ||||||||||||
Derived terms
Terms derived from χρυσός (khrusós)
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Descendants
- Latin: chrȳsos
References
- χρυσός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χρυσός in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χρυσός in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- χρυσός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- χρυσός in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G5557 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Greek
Etymology 1
From Ancient Greek χρυσός (khrusós, “gold”) (already Mycenaean Greek 𐀓𐀬𐀰 (ku-ru-so)), Semitic loan, compare with Biblical Hebrew חָרוּץ (ḥārūṣ), Akkadian 𒆬𒄀 (ḫurāṣu [KUG.SIG17]).[1]
Noun
χρυσός • (chrysós) m (plural χρυσοί)
Declension
Synonyms
Related terms
- Κροίσος m (Kroísos, “Croesus, king of ancient Lydia”)
Derived terms
- κοκκινοχρυσός (kokkinochrysós, “titian, bright auburn”)
- ό,τι λάμπει δεν είναι χρυσός (ó,ti lámpei den eínai chrysós, “all that glitters is not gold”)
- χρυσό- (chrysó-, “golden”, prefix)
- χρυσοχόος m, f (chrysochóos, “goldsmith”)
Coordinate terms
- Appendix:Greek names for chemical elements
Further reading
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Etymology 2
From Byzantine Greek χρυσός (khrusós), from Ancient Greek χρυσοῦς (khrusoûs), from Ancient Greek χρύσεος (khrúseos, “goldon”).[1]
Adjective
χρυσός • (chrysós) m (feminine χρυσή, neuter χρυσό)
- golden, gold
- (figuratively) handsome, lovely
- (figuratively) good-hearted
- (figuratively) dear, lovable
Declension
positive forms of χρυσός
| number case / gender |
singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | χρυσός | χρυσή | χρυσό | χρυσοί | χρυσές | χρυσά |
| genitive | χρυσού | χρυσής | χρυσού | χρυσών | χρυσών | χρυσών |
| accusative | χρυσό | χρυσή | χρυσό | χρυσούς | χρυσές | χρυσά |
| vocative | χρυσέ | χρυσή | χρυσό | χρυσοί | χρυσές | χρυσά |
| derivations | comparative: πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. πιο χρυσός, etc.) relative superlative: definite article + πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο χρυσός (o pio chrysós), etc.) | |||||
Derived terms
- χρυσό n (chrysó, “gold (medal)”)
References
- 1 2 Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας [Modern Greek Dictionary] (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Lexicology Centre
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