Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Κερᾰσοῦς • ‎(Kerasoûs) m ‎(genitive Κερᾰσοῦντος); third declension

1. Cerasus, a colony in Pontus founded by Miletus, later known as Giresun.
   • 64 BCE – 24 CE, Strabo, Geography 12.3.17

Inflection

Derived terms

• Κερασούντιος ‎(Kerasoúntios)

Descendants

• English: Cerasus; Kerasunt; Giresun
• Greek: Κερασούς ‎(Kerasoús); Κερασούντα ‎(Kerasoúnta)
• Latin: Cerasus
• Turkish: Giresun

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005