κύστιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κῠ́στῐς (kústis, “bladder”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kýs.ti.on/ → /ˈcys.ti.on/ → /ˈcis.ti.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kýs.ti.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkys.ti.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcys.ti.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcys.ti.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈcis.ti.on/

Noun

κῠ́στῐον • (kústion) n (genitive κῠστῐ́ου); second declension

1. bladder cherry, winter cherry (Alkekengi officinarum, syn. Physalis alkekengi)

   Synonym: ἁλῐκᾰ́κκᾰβον (halikákkabon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κῠ́στῐον; τοῦ κῠστῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κῠ́στῐον tò kústion	τὼ κῠστῐ́ω tṑ kustíō	τᾰ̀ κῠ́στῐᾰ tà kústia
Genitive	τοῦ κῠστῐ́ου toû kustíou	τοῖν κῠστῐ́οιν toîn kustíoin	τῶν κῠστῐ́ων tôn kustíōn
Dative	τῷ κῠστῐ́ῳ tôi kustíōi	τοῖν κῠστῐ́οιν toîn kustíoin	τοῖς κῠστῐ́οις toîs kustíois
Accusative	τὸ κῠ́στῐον tò kústion	τὼ κῠστῐ́ω tṑ kustíō	τᾰ̀ κῠ́στῐᾰ tà kústia
Vocative	κῠ́στῐον kústion	κῠστῐ́ω kustíō	κῠ́στῐᾰ kústia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “κύστιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press