χαμελαία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground, on the ground”) + ἐλαία (elaía, “olive tree”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.me.lǎi̯.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰa.meˈlɛ.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xa.meˈlɛ.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xa.meˈle.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xa.meˈle.a/
Noun
χᾰμελαίᾱ • (khămelaíā) f (genitive χᾰμελαίᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ χᾰμελαίᾱ hē khămelaíā |
τὼ χᾰμελαίᾱ tṑ khămelaíā |
αἱ χᾰμελαῖαι hai khămelaîai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς χᾰμελαίᾱς tês khămelaíās |
τοῖν χᾰμελαίαιν toîn khămelaíain |
τῶν χᾰμελαιῶν tôn khămelaiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ χᾰμελαίᾳ tēî khămelaíāi |
τοῖν χᾰμελαίαιν toîn khămelaíain |
ταῖς χᾰμελαίαις taîs khămelaíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν χᾰμελαίᾱν tḕn khămelaíān |
τὼ χᾰμελαίᾱ tṑ khămelaíā |
τᾱ̀ς χᾰμελαίᾱς tā̀s khămelaíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χᾰμελαίᾱ khămelaíā |
χᾰμελαίᾱ khămelaíā |
χᾰμελαῖαι khămelaîai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- χαμελαΐτης (khamelaḯtēs)
References
- “χαμελαία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαμελαία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette