"κίρσιον" meaning in Ancient Greek

See κίρσιον in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /kír.si.on/, /ˈcir.si.on/, /ˈcir.si.on/, /kír.si.on/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈkir.si.on/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈcir.si.on/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈcir.si.on/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈcir.si.on/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From κιρσός (kirsós, “varicose vein”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix). Etymology templates: {{af|grc|κιρσός|-ιον|pos2=diminutive suffix|t1=varicose vein}} κιρσός (kirsós, “varicose vein”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix) Head templates: {{grc-noun|κῐ́ρσῐον|κῐρσῐ́ου|n|second}} κῐ́ρσῐον • (kĭ́rsĭon) n (genitive κῐρσῐ́ου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|κῐ́ρσῐον|ου}} Forms: κῐ́ρσῐον [canonical], kĭ́rsĭon [romanization], κῐρσῐ́ου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ κῐ́ρσῐον [nominative, singular], κῐρσῐ́ω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ κῐ́ρσῐᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ κῐρσῐ́ου [genitive, singular], κῐρσῐ́οιν [dual, genitive], κῐρσῐ́ων [genitive, plural], τῷ κῐρσῐ́ῳ [dative, singular], κῐρσῐ́οιν [dative, dual], τοῖς κῐρσῐ́οις [dative, plural], τὸ κῐ́ρσῐον [accusative, singular], κῐρσῐ́ω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ κῐ́ρσῐᾰ [accusative, plural], κῐ́ρσῐον [singular, vocative], κῐρσῐ́ω [dual, vocative], κῐ́ρσῐᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. kind of thistle
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      "ipa": "/ˈcir.si.on/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈcir.si.on/"
    },
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      "ipa": "/ˈcir.si.on/",
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      "ipa": "/ˈcir.si.on/",
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    }
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