χαμαίλυκος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) + λύκος (lúkos, “wolf”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.ly.kos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰaˈmɛ.ly.kos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xaˈmɛ.ly.kos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xaˈme.ly.kos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xaˈme.li.kos/
Noun
χᾰμαίλῠκος • (khămaílŭkos) m (genitive χᾰμαιλῠ́κου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ χᾰμαίλῠκος ho khămaílŭkos |
τὼ χᾰμαιλῠ́κω tṑ khămailŭ́kō |
οἱ χᾰμαίλῠκοι hoi khămaílŭkoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χᾰμαιλῠ́κου toû khămailŭ́kou |
τοῖν χᾰμαιλῠ́κοιν toîn khămailŭ́koin |
τῶν χᾰμαιλῠ́κων tôn khămailŭ́kōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χᾰμαιλῠ́κῳ tōî khămailŭ́kōi |
τοῖν χᾰμαιλῠ́κοιν toîn khămailŭ́koin |
τοῖς χᾰμαιλῠ́κοις toîs khămailŭ́kois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν χᾰμαίλῠκον tòn khămaílŭkon |
τὼ χᾰμαιλῠ́κω tṑ khămailŭ́kō |
τοὺς χᾰμαιλῠ́κους toùs khămailŭ́kous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χᾰμαίλῠκε khămaílŭke |
χᾰμαιλῠ́κω khămailŭ́kō |
χᾰμαίλῠκοι khămaílŭkoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χαμαίλυκος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαμαίλυκος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette