χαμαιράφανος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- χαμαιρέφανος (khamairéphanos)
Etymology
From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) + ῥάφανος (rháphanos, “cabbage”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.mai̯.rá.pʰa.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰa.mɛˈra.pʰa.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xa.mɛˈra.ɸa.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xa.meˈra.fa.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xa.meˈra.fa.nos/
Noun
χᾰμαιρᾰ́φᾰνος • (khămairắphănos) m (genitive χᾰμαιρᾰφᾰ́νου); second declension
- tuberous spurge (Euphorbia apios)
- Synonym: ἄπιος (ápios)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ χᾰμαιρᾰ́φᾰνος ho khămairắphănos |
τὼ χᾰμαιρᾰφᾰ́νω tṑ khămairăphắnō |
οἱ χᾰμαιρᾰ́φᾰνοι hoi khămairắphănoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χᾰμαιρᾰφᾰ́νου toû khămairăphắnou |
τοῖν χᾰμαιρᾰφᾰ́νοιν toîn khămairăphắnoin |
τῶν χᾰμαιρᾰφᾰ́νων tôn khămairăphắnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χᾰμαιρᾰφᾰ́νῳ tōî khămairăphắnōi |
τοῖν χᾰμαιρᾰφᾰ́νοιν toîn khămairăphắnoin |
τοῖς χᾰμαιρᾰφᾰ́νοις toîs khămairăphắnois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν χᾰμαιρᾰ́φᾰνον tòn khămairắphănon |
τὼ χᾰμαιρᾰφᾰ́νω tṑ khămairăphắnō |
τοὺς χᾰμαιρᾰφᾰ́νους toùs khămairăphắnous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χᾰμαιρᾰ́φᾰνε khămairắphăne |
χᾰμαιρᾰφᾰ́νω khămairăphắnō |
χᾰμαιρᾰ́φᾰνοι khămairắphănoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χαμαιράφανος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαμαιράφανος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette