χίμαιρα

See also: Χίμαιρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Feminine form of χῐ́μᾰρος (khĭ́măros).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χῐ́μαιρᾰ • (khĭ́mairă) f (genitive χῐμαίρᾱς); first declension

  1. a she-goat

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.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “χίμαιρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “χίμαιρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “χίμαιρα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • χίμαιρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
  • χίμαιρα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.

Greek

Noun

χίμαιρα • (chímaira) f (plural χίμαιρες)

  1. chimera, chimaera (an unrealistic dream)
  2. (mythology) chimera, chimaera (a monster)
  3. (biology) chimera, chimaera (an organism consisting of genetically different parts)

Declension

Declension of χίμαιρα
singular plural
nominative χίμαιρα (chímaira) χίμαιρες (chímaires)
genitive χίμαιρας (chímairas) χιμαιρών (chimairón)
accusative χίμαιρα (chímaira) χίμαιρες (chímaires)
vocative χίμαιρα (chímaira) χίμαιρες (chímaires)

Further reading

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