Χίμαιρα

See also: χίμαιρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χῐ́μαιρᾰ (khĭ́mairă).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Χῐ́μαιρᾰ • (Khĭ́mairă) f (genitive Χῐμαίρᾱς); first declension

  1. Chimera, a mythological animal
  2. Chimera, a volcanic site in ancient Lycia, now in Turkey

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Χῐ́μαιρᾰ; τῆς Χῐμαίρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ Χῐ́μαιρᾰ
hē Khĭ́mairă 		τὼ Χῐμαίρᾱ
tṑ Khĭmaírā 		αἱ Χῐ́μαιραι
hai Khĭ́mairai
Genitive τῆς Χῐμαίρᾱς
tês Khĭmaírās 		τοῖν Χῐμαίραιν
toîn Khĭmaírain 		τῶν Χῐμαιρῶν
tôn Khĭmairôn
Dative τῇ Χῐμαίρᾳ
tēî Khĭmaírāi 		τοῖν Χῐμαίραιν
toîn Khĭmaírain 		ταῖς Χῐμαίραις
taîs Khĭmaírais
Accusative τὴν Χῐ́μαιρᾰν
tḕn Khĭ́mairăn 		τὼ Χῐμαίρᾱ
tṑ Khĭmaírā 		τᾱ̀ς Χῐμαίρᾱς
tā̀s Khĭmaírās
Vocative Χῐ́μαιρᾰ
Khĭ́mairă 		Χῐμαίρᾱ
Khĭmaírā 		Χῐ́μαιραι
Khĭ́mairai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • English: Chimera
  • Greek: Χίμαιρα (Chímaira)
  • Latin: Chimaera

References

  • “Χίμαιρα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • “Χίμαιρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006

Greek

Proper noun

Χίμαιρα • (Chímaira) f

  1. (Greek mythology) Chimera/Chimaera (A creature of mixed parts, usually lion and goat with a dragon's tail.)

Declension

Declension of Χίμαιρα
singular
nominative Χίμαιρα (Chímaira)
genitive Χίμαιρας (Chímairas)
accusative Χίμαιρα (Chímaira)
vocative Χίμαιρα (Chímaira)

Further reading

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