χείμαστρον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χεῖμα (kheîma, “winter”) + -τρον (-tron).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰěː.mas.tron/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰi.mas.tron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈçi.mas.tron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈçi.mas.tron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈçi.mas.tron/
Noun
χείμᾰστρον • (kheímăstron) n (genitive χειμᾰ́στρου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ χείμᾰστρον tò kheímăstron |
τὼ χειμᾰ́στρω tṑ kheimắstrō |
τᾰ̀ χείμᾰστρᾰ tằ kheímăstră | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χειμᾰ́στρου toû kheimắstrou |
τοῖν χειμᾰ́στροιν toîn kheimắstroin |
τῶν χειμᾰ́στρων tôn kheimắstrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χειμᾰ́στρῳ tōî kheimắstrōi |
τοῖν χειμᾰ́στροιν toîn kheimắstroin |
τοῖς χειμᾰ́στροις toîs kheimắstrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ χείμᾰστρον tò kheímăstron |
τὼ χειμᾰ́στρω tṑ kheimắstrō |
τᾰ̀ χείμᾰστρᾰ tằ kheímăstră | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χείμᾰστρον kheímăstron |
χειμᾰ́στρω kheimắstrō |
χείμᾰστρᾰ kheímăstră | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χείμαστρον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χείμαστρον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette