χρυσάνθεμον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + ἄνθεμον (ánthemon, “flower”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰryː.sán.tʰe.mon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰryˈsan.tʰe.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xryˈsan.θe.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xryˈsan.θe.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xriˈsan.θe.mon/
Noun
χρῡσᾰ́νθεμον • (khrūsắnthemon) n (genitive χρῡσᾰνθέμου); second declension
- gold-flower (Helichrysum italicum)
- Synonym: ἑλίχρυσος (helíkhrusos)
- immortelle (Helichrysum orientale)
- Synonym: χρυσοκόμη (khrusokómē)
- buttercup (plant of the genus Ranunculus)
- Synonym: βατράχιον (batrákhion)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ χρῡσᾰ́νθεμον tò khrūsắnthemon |
τὼ χρῡσᾰνθέμω tṑ khrūsănthémō |
τᾰ̀ χρῡσᾰ́νθεμᾰ tằ khrūsắnthemă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χρῡσᾰνθέμου toû khrūsănthémou |
τοῖν χρῡσᾰνθέμοιν toîn khrūsănthémoin |
τῶν χρῡσᾰνθέμων tôn khrūsănthémōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χρῡσᾰνθέμῳ tōî khrūsănthémōi |
τοῖν χρῡσᾰνθέμοιν toîn khrūsănthémoin |
τοῖς χρῡσᾰνθέμοις toîs khrūsănthémois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ χρῡσᾰ́νθεμον tò khrūsắnthemon |
τὼ χρῡσᾰνθέμω tṑ khrūsănthémō |
τᾰ̀ χρῡσᾰ́νθεμᾰ tằ khrūsắnthemă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χρῡσᾰ́νθεμον khrūsắnthemon |
χρῡσᾰνθέμω khrūsănthémō |
χρῡσᾰ́νθεμᾰ khrūsắnthemă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: chrȳsanthemum
- → Translingual: Chrysanthemum
References
- “χρυσάνθεμον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χρυσάνθεμον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette