χαμαίδρυς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) + δρῦς (drûs, “oak”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.dryːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰaˈmɛ.drys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xaˈmɛ.ðrys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xaˈme.ðrys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xaˈme.ðris/
Noun
χᾰμαίδρῡς • (khămaídrūs) f (genitive χᾰμαίδρῠος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ χᾰμαίδρῡς hē khămaídrūs |
τὼ χᾰμαίδρῠε tṑ khămaídrŭe |
αἱ χᾰμαίδρῠες hai khămaídrŭes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς χᾰμαίδρῠος tês khămaídrŭos |
τοῖν χᾰμαιδρῠ́οιν toîn khămaidrŭ́oin |
τῶν χᾰμαιδρῠ́ων tôn khămaidrŭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ χᾰμαίδρῠῐ̈ / χᾰμαίδρυι tēî khămaídrŭĭ̈ / khămaídrui |
τοῖν χᾰμαιδρῠ́οιν toîn khămaidrŭ́oin |
ταῖς χᾰμαίδρῠσῐ / χᾰμαίδρῠσῐν taîs khămaídrŭsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν χᾰμαίδρῡν tḕn khămaídrūn |
τὼ χᾰμαίδρῠε tṑ khămaídrŭe |
τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαίδρῡς / χᾰμαίδρῠᾰς tā̀s khămaídrūs / khămaídrŭăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χᾰμαίδρῡ khămaídrū |
χᾰμαίδρῠε khămaídrŭe |
χᾰμαίδρῠες khămaídrŭes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: chamaedrys, gamandrea
- → French: germandrée
- English: germander
- → Middle Dutch: gamander, gamandrea
- Dutch: gamander
- → Middle High German: gamandrē
- German: Gamander
- → French: germandrée
- → Italian: camedrio
Further reading
- “χαμαίδρυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαμαίδρυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette