χαμαιδάφνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) + δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.mai̯.dá.pʰnɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰa.mɛˈda.pʰne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xa.mɛˈða.ɸni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xa.meˈða.fni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xa.meˈða.fni/
Noun
χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνη • (khămaidắphnē) f (genitive χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνης); first declension
- periwinkle (Vinca herbacea)
- Synonym: δᾰφνῖτῐς (dăphnîtĭs)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνη hē khămaidắphnē |
τὼ χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνᾱ tṑ khămaidắphnā |
αἱ χᾰμαιδᾰ́φναι hai khămaidắphnai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνης tês khămaidắphnēs |
τοῖν χᾰμαιδᾰ́φναιν toîn khămaidắphnain |
τῶν χᾰμαιδᾰφνῶν tôn khămaidăphnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνῃ tēî khămaidắphnēi |
τοῖν χᾰμαιδᾰ́φναιν toîn khămaidắphnain |
ταῖς χᾰμαιδᾰ́φναις taîs khămaidắphnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνην tḕn khămaidắphnēn |
τὼ χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνᾱ tṑ khămaidắphnā |
τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνᾱς tā̀s khămaidắphnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνη khămaidắphnē |
χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνᾱ khămaidắphnā |
χᾰμαιδᾰ́φναι khămaidắphnai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χαμαιδάφνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαμαιδάφνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette