χαιρέφυλλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαίρω (khaírō, “to enjoy”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰai̯.ré.pʰyl.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰɛˈre.pʰyl.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /çɛˈre.ɸyl.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /çeˈre.fyl.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /çeˈre.fi.lon/
Noun
χαιρέφῠλλον • (khairéphŭllon) n (genitive χαιρεφῠ́λλου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ χαιρέφῠλλον tò khairéphŭllon |
τὼ χαιρεφῠ́λλω tṑ khairephŭ́llō |
τᾰ̀ χαιρέφῠλλᾰ tằ khairéphŭllă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χαιρεφῠ́λλου toû khairephŭ́llou |
τοῖν χαιρεφῠ́λλοιν toîn khairephŭ́lloin |
τῶν χαιρεφῠ́λλων tôn khairephŭ́llōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χαιρεφῠ́λλῳ tōî khairephŭ́llōi |
τοῖν χαιρεφῠ́λλοιν toîn khairephŭ́lloin |
τοῖς χαιρεφῠ́λλοις toîs khairephŭ́llois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ χαιρέφῠλλον tò khairéphŭllon |
τὼ χαιρεφῠ́λλω tṑ khairephŭ́llō |
τᾰ̀ χαιρέφῠλλᾰ tằ khairéphŭllă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χαιρέφῠλλον khairéphŭllon |
χαιρεφῠ́λλω khairephŭ́llō |
χαιρέφῠλλᾰ khairéphŭllă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: caerefolium
Further reading
- “χαιρέφυλλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαιρέφυλλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette