χαμεύνη
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- χαμαιεύνη (khamaieúnē), χαμεύνα (khameúna)
Etymology
From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) + εὐνή (eunḗ, “bed; abode”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.měu̯.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰaˈmew.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xaˈme.βni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xaˈme.vni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xaˈme.vni/
Noun
χᾰμεύνη • (khămeúnē) f (genitive χᾰμεύνης); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ χᾰμεύνη hē khămeúnē |
τὼ χᾰμεύνᾱ tṑ khămeúnā |
αἱ χᾰμεῦναι hai khămeûnai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς χᾰμεύνης tês khămeúnēs |
τοῖν χᾰμεύναιν toîn khămeúnain |
τῶν χᾰμευνῶν tôn khămeunôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ χᾰμεύνῃ tēî khămeúnēi |
τοῖν χᾰμεύναιν toîn khămeúnain |
ταῖς χᾰμεύναις taîs khămeúnais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν χᾰμεύνην tḕn khămeúnēn |
τὼ χᾰμεύνᾱ tṑ khămeúnā |
τᾱ̀ς χᾰμεύνᾱς tā̀s khămeúnās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χᾰμεύνη khămeúnē |
χᾰμεύνᾱ khămeúnā |
χᾰμεῦναι khămeûnai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- χαμευνάς (khameunás)
- χαμευνέω (khameunéō)
- χαμεύνης (khameúnēs)
- χαμευνία (khameunía)
- χαμεύνιον (khameúnion)
- χαμευνίς (khameunís)
- χάμευνος (khámeunos)
Further reading
- “χαμεύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χαμεύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χαμεύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette