χαμαίγειρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) + αἴγειρος (aígeiros, “black poplar”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.ɡeː.ron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰaˈmɛ.ɡi.ron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xaˈmɛ.ʝi.ron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xaˈme.ʝi.ron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xaˈme.ʝi.ron/
Noun
χᾰμαίγειρον • (khămaígeiron) n (genitive χᾰμαιγείρου); second declension
- coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
- Synonyms: βήχῐον (bḗkhĭon), χᾰμαιλεύκη (khămaileúkē)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ χᾰμαίγειρον tò khămaígeiron |
τὼ χᾰμαιγείρω tṑ khămaigeírō |
τᾰ̀ χᾰμαίγειρᾰ tằ khămaígeiră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χᾰμαιγείρου toû khămaigeírou |
τοῖν χᾰμαιγείροιν toîn khămaigeíroin |
τῶν χᾰμαιγείρων tôn khămaigeírōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χᾰμαιγείρῳ tōî khămaigeírōi |
τοῖν χᾰμαιγείροιν toîn khămaigeíroin |
τοῖς χᾰμαιγείροις toîs khămaigeírois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ χᾰμαίγειρον tò khămaígeiron |
τὼ χᾰμαιγείρω tṑ khămaigeírō |
τᾰ̀ χᾰμαίγειρᾰ tằ khămaígeiră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χᾰμαίγειρον khămaígeiron |
χᾰμαιγείρω khămaigeírō |
χᾰμαίγειρᾰ khămaígeiră | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χαμαίγειρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαμαίγειρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette