κιρσός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • κριξός (krixós), κρισσός (krissós)

Etymology

According to Beekes, the variation "σ/ξ" shows that the word is from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

κιρσός • (kirsós) m (genitive κιρσοῦ); second declension

  1. (pathology) varicocele, enlargement of a vein

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ κιρσός; τοῦ κιρσοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ κιρσός
ho kirsós		 τὼ κιρσώ
tṑ kirsṓ		 οἱ κιρσοί
hoi kirsoí
Genitive τοῦ κιρσοῦ
toû kirsoû		 τοῖν κιρσοῖν
toîn kirsoîn		 τῶν κιρσῶν
tôn kirsôn
Dative τῷ κιρσῷ
tôi kirsôi		 τοῖν κιρσοῖν
toîn kirsoîn		 τοῖς κιρσοῖς
toîs kirsoîs
Accusative τὸν κιρσόν
tòn kirsón		 τὼ κιρσώ
tṑ kirsṓ		 τοὺς κιρσούς
toùs kirsoús
Vocative κιρσέ
kirsé		 κιρσώ
kirsṓ		 κιρσοί
kirsoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • κίρσιον (kírsion)
  • κιρσοειδής (kirsoeidḗs)
  • κιρσοκήλη (kirsokḗlē)
  • κιρσοτομέω (kirsotoméō)
  • κιρσοτομία (kirsotomía)
  • κιρσουλκέω (kirsoulkéō)
  • κιρσουλκία (kirsoulkía)
  • κιρσουλκός (kirsoulkós)
  • κιρσόω (kirsóō)
  • κιρσώδης (kirsṓdēs)
  • κίρσωσις (kírsōsis)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κιρσός (kirsós), from κρίκος (kríkos) or κίρκος (kírkos)

Noun

κιρσός • (kirsós) m

  1. varicose vein, varicocele

Declension
declension of κιρσός
singular plural
nominative κιρσός • κιρσοί •
genitive κιρσού • κιρσών •
accusative κιρσό • κιρσούς •
vocative κιρσέ • κιρσοί •

Further reading
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