χαμαιλεύκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) + λεύκη (leúkē, “white poplar”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.mai̯.lěu̯.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰa.mɛˈleʍ.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xa.mɛˈleɸ.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xa.meˈlef.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xa.meˈlef.ci/
Noun
χᾰμαιλεύκη • (khămaileúkē) f (genitive χᾰμαιλεύκης); first declension
- coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)
- Synonyms: βήχιον (bḗkhion), χᾰμαίγειρον (khămaígeiron)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ χᾰμαιλεύκη hē khămaileúkē |
τὼ χᾰμαιλεύκᾱ tṑ khămaileúkā |
αἱ χᾰμαιλεῦκαι hai khămaileûkai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς χᾰμαιλεύκης tês khămaileúkēs |
τοῖν χᾰμαιλεύκαιν toîn khămaileúkain |
τῶν χᾰμαιλευκῶν tôn khămaileukôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ χᾰμαιλεύκῃ tēî khămaileúkēi |
τοῖν χᾰμαιλεύκαιν toîn khămaileúkain |
ταῖς χᾰμαιλεύκαις taîs khămaileúkais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν χᾰμαιλεύκην tḕn khămaileúkēn |
τὼ χᾰμαιλεύκᾱ tṑ khămaileúkā |
τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαιλεύκᾱς tā̀s khămaileúkās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χᾰμαιλεύκη khămaileúkē |
χᾰμαιλεύκᾱ khămaileúkā |
χᾰμαιλεῦκαι khămaileûkai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χαμαιλεύκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαμαιλεύκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette