χαμαιβάλανος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) + βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.mai̯.bá.la.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰa.mɛˈba.la.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xa.mɛˈβa.la.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xa.meˈva.la.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xa.meˈva.la.nos/
Noun
χᾰμαιβᾰ́λᾰνος • (khămaibắlănos) f (genitive χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νου); second declension
- tuberous spurge (Euphorbia apios)
- Synonym: ἄπιος (ápios)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ χᾰμαιβᾰ́λᾰνος hē khămaibắlănos |
τὼ χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νω tṑ khămaibălắnō |
αἱ χᾰμαιβᾰ́λᾰνοι hai khămaibắlănoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νου tês khămaibălắnou |
τοῖν χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νοιν toîn khămaibălắnoin |
τῶν χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νων tôn khămaibălắnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νῳ tēî khămaibălắnōi |
τοῖν χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νοιν toîn khămaibălắnoin |
ταῖς χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νοις taîs khămaibălắnois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν χᾰμαιβᾰ́λᾰνον tḕn khămaibắlănon |
τὼ χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νω tṑ khămaibălắnō |
τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νους tā̀s khămaibălắnous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χᾰμαιβᾰ́λᾰνε khămaibắlăne |
χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νω khămaibălắnō |
χᾰμαιβᾰ́λᾰνοι khămaibắlănoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χαμαιβάλανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαμαιβάλανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette