χρυσόμηλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰryː.só.mɛː.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰryˈso.me̝.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xryˈso.mi.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xryˈso.mi.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xriˈso.mi.lon/
Noun
χρῡσόμηλον • (khrūsómēlon) n (genitive χρῡσομήλου); second declension
- quince (Cydonia oblonga)
- Synonym: μηλοκῠδώνῐον (mēlokŭdṓnĭon)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ χρῡσόμηλον tò khrūsómēlon |
τὼ χρῡσομήλω tṑ khrūsomḗlō |
τᾰ̀ χρῡσόμηλᾰ tằ khrūsómēlă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χρῡσομήλου toû khrūsomḗlou |
τοῖν χρῡσομήλοιν toîn khrūsomḗloin |
τῶν χρῡσομήλων tôn khrūsomḗlōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χρῡσομήλῳ tōî khrūsomḗlōi |
τοῖν χρῡσομήλοιν toîn khrūsomḗloin |
τοῖς χρῡσομήλοις toîs khrūsomḗlois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ χρῡσόμηλον tò khrūsómēlon |
τὼ χρῡσομήλω tṑ khrūsomḗlō |
τᾰ̀ χρῡσόμηλᾰ tằ khrūsómēlă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χρῡσόμηλον khrūsómēlon |
χρῡσομήλω khrūsomḗlō |
χρῡσόμηλᾰ khrūsómēlă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Translingual: (from the plural) Chrysomela, Chrysomila
Further reading
- “χρυσόμηλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press