χαμαιμυρσίνη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) + μυρσίνη (mursínē, “myrtle”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.mai̯.myr.sí.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰa.mɛ.myrˈsi.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xa.mɛ.myrˈsi.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xa.me.myrˈsi.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xa.me.mirˈsi.ni/
Noun
χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νη • (khămaimŭrsĭ́nē) f (genitive χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νης); first declension
- butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)
- Synonyms: κεντρομυρσίνη (kentromursínē), μυάκανθος (muákanthos), ὀξυμυρσίνη (oxumursínē)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νη hē khămaimŭrsĭ́nē |
τὼ χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νᾱ tṑ khămaimŭrsĭ́nā |
αἱ χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́ναι hai khămaimŭrsĭ́nai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νης tês khămaimŭrsĭ́nēs |
τοῖν χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́ναιν toîn khămaimŭrsĭ́nain |
τῶν χᾰμαιμῠρσῐνῶν tôn khămaimŭrsĭnôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νῃ tēî khămaimŭrsĭ́nēi |
τοῖν χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́ναιν toîn khămaimŭrsĭ́nain |
ταῖς χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́ναις taîs khămaimŭrsĭ́nais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νην tḕn khămaimŭrsĭ́nēn |
τὼ χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νᾱ tṑ khămaimŭrsĭ́nā |
τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νᾱς tā̀s khămaimŭrsĭ́nās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νη khămaimŭrsĭ́nē |
χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νᾱ khămaimŭrsĭ́nā |
χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́ναι khămaimŭrsĭ́nai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χαμαιμυρσίνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαμαιμυρσίνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette