κισσόν (kisson)

κισσόν is an Ancient Greek form of κισσός, meaning “ivy”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun.

It can also be a form of Κισσός, “Kissos — a mountain of Macedonia, on which were found the lion, ounce, lynx, panther, and bear”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun or adjective.

Found 28 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Theocritus, Εἰδύλλια 3.14: τὸν κισσὸν διαδὺς καὶ τὰν πτέριν, ᾇ τὺ πυκάσδῃ.

Plutarch, Alexander 41.4: ἔγραψε δὲ καὶ Παυσανίᾳ τῷ ἰατρῷ βουλομένῳ τὸν Κρατερὸν ἐλλεβορίσαι, τὰ μὲν ἀγωνιῶν, τὰ δὲ παραινῶν ὅπως χρήσεται τῇ φαρμακείᾳ, τοὺς δὲ πρώτους τὴν Ἁρπάλου φυγὴν καὶ ἀπόδρασιν ἀπαγγείλαντας ἔδησεν, Ἐφιάλτην καὶ Κίσσον, ὡς καταψευδομένους τοῦ ἀνδρός.

Strabo, Geography 7.fragments.21: … ας ἐστί. τῶν δὲ συνοικισθεισῶν ἦν Ἀπολλωνία καὶ Χαλάστρα καὶ Θέρμα καὶ Γαρησκὸς καὶ Αἴνεια καὶ Κισσός, ὧν τὴν Κισσὸν ὑπονοήσειεν ἄν τις τῷ Κισσῇ προσήκειν, οὗ μέμνηται ὁ ποιητής Κισσῆς τόν γʼ ἔθρεψε, τὸν Ἰφιδάμαντα λέγων.

All forms of κισσός (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.