χαμαισύκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) + συκῆ (sukê, “fig-tree”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.mai̯.sy̌ː.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰa.mɛˈsy.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xa.mɛˈsy.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xa.meˈsy.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xa.meˈsi.ci/
Noun
χᾰμαισῡ́κη • (khămaisū́kē) f (genitive χᾰμαισῡ́κης); first declension
- kind of spurge
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ χᾰμαισῡ́κη hē khămaisū́kē |
τὼ χᾰμαισῡ́κᾱ tṑ khămaisū́kā |
αἱ χᾰμαισῦκαι hai khămaisûkai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς χᾰμαισῡ́κης tês khămaisū́kēs |
τοῖν χᾰμαισῡ́καιν toîn khămaisū́kain |
τῶν χᾰμαισῡκῶν tôn khămaisūkôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ χᾰμαισῡ́κῃ tēî khămaisū́kēi |
τοῖν χᾰμαισῡ́καιν toîn khămaisū́kain |
ταῖς χᾰμαισῡ́καις taîs khămaisū́kais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν χᾰμαισῡ́κην tḕn khămaisū́kēn |
τὼ χᾰμαισῡ́κᾱ tṑ khămaisū́kā |
τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαισῡ́κᾱς tā̀s khămaisū́kās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χᾰμαισῡ́κη khămaisū́kē |
χᾰμαισῡ́κᾱ khămaisū́kā |
χᾰμαισῦκαι khămaisûkai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- χαμαισύκινος (khamaisúkinos)
Further reading
- “χαμαισύκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαμαισύκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette