χαμαίμηλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.mɛː.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰaˈmɛ.me̝.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xaˈmɛ.mi.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xaˈme.mi.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xaˈme.mi.lon/
Noun
χᾰμαίμηλον • (khămaímēlon) n (genitive χᾰμαιμήλου); second declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ χᾰμαίμηλον tò khămaímēlon |
τὼ χᾰμαιμήλω tṑ khămaimḗlō |
τᾰ̀ χᾰμαίμηλᾰ tằ khămaímēlă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χᾰμαιμήλου toû khămaimḗlou |
τοῖν χᾰμαιμήλοιν toîn khămaimḗloin |
τῶν χᾰμαιμήλων tôn khămaimḗlōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χᾰμαιμήλῳ tōî khămaimḗlōi |
τοῖν χᾰμαιμήλοιν toîn khămaimḗloin |
τοῖς χᾰμαιμήλοις toîs khămaimḗlois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ χᾰμαίμηλον tò khămaímēlon |
τὼ χᾰμαιμήλω tṑ khămaimḗlō |
τᾰ̀ χᾰμαίμηλᾰ tằ khămaímēlă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χᾰμαίμηλον khămaímēlon |
χᾰμαιμήλω khămaimḗlō |
χᾰμαίμηλᾰ khămaímēlă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- χαμαιμήλατον (khamaimḗlaton)
- χαμαιμηλᾶτον (khamaimēlâton)
- χαμαιμηλέλαιον (khamaimēlélaion)
- χαμαιμήλινος (khamaimḗlinos)
Descendants
- Byzantine Greek: χαμόμηλον (khamómēlon)
- Greek: χαμομήλι (chamomíli)
- → Latin: chamaemēlon
- → Translingual: Chamaemelum
Further reading
- “χαμαίμηλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαμαίμηλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette