χαμαίρωψ
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) + ῥώψ (rhṓps, “brushwood”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.rɔːps/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰaˈmɛ.rops/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xaˈmɛ.rops/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xaˈme.rops/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xaˈme.rops/
Noun
χᾰμαίρωψ • (khămaírōps) f (genitive χᾰμαίρωπος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ χᾰμαίρωψ hē khămaírōps |
τὼ χᾰμαίρωπε tṑ khămaírōpe |
αἱ χᾰμαίρωπες hai khămaírōpes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς χᾰμαίρωπος tês khămaírōpos |
τοῖν χᾰμαιρώποιν toîn khămairṓpoin |
τῶν χᾰμαιρώπων tôn khămairṓpōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ χᾰμαίρωπῐ tēî khămaírōpĭ |
τοῖν χᾰμαιρώποιν toîn khămairṓpoin |
ταῖς χᾰμαίρωψῐ / χᾰμαίρωψῐν taîs khămaírōpsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν χᾰμαίρωπᾰ tḕn khămaírōpă |
τὼ χᾰμαίρωπε tṑ khămaírōpe |
τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαίρωπᾰς tā̀s khămaírōpăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χᾰμαίρωψ khămaírōps |
χᾰμαίρωπε khămaírōpe |
χᾰμαίρωπες khămaírōpes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- → Latin: chamaerops
- → Translingual: Chamaerops
Further reading
- “χαμαίρωψ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαμαίρωψ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette