χυμεία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • χειμεία (kheimeía), χημεία (khēmeía), χημία (khēmía)

Etymology

    According to Zosimos of Panopolis it was named from its supposed inventor, Χύμης/Χήμης/Χείμης, but more probably it is from χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) +‎ -είᾱ (-eíā).

    Pronunciation

     

    Noun

    χῠμείᾱ • (khŭmeíā) f (genitive χῠμείᾱς); first declension

    1. art of alloying metals, alchemy

    Declension

    First declension of ἡ χῠμείᾱ; τῆς χῠμείᾱς (Attic)
    Case / # Singular Dual Plural
    Nominative ἡ χῠμείᾱ
    hē khŭmeíā     		τὼ χῠμείᾱ
    tṑ khŭmeíā     		αἱ χῠμεῖαι
    hai khŭmeîai
    Genitive τῆς χῠμείᾱς
    tês khŭmeíās     		τοῖν χῠμείαιν
    toîn khŭmeíain     		τῶν χῠμειῶν
    tôn khŭmeiôn
    Dative τῇ χῠμείᾳ
    tēî khŭmeíāi     		τοῖν χῠμείαιν
    toîn khŭmeíain     		ταῖς χῠμείαις
    taîs khŭmeíais
    Accusative τὴν χῠμείᾱν
    tḕn khŭmeíān     		τὼ χῠμείᾱ
    tṑ khŭmeíā     		τᾱ̀ς χῠμείᾱς
    tā̀s khŭmeíās
    Vocative χῠμείᾱ
    khŭmeíā     		χῠμείᾱ
    khŭmeíā     		χῠμεῖαι
    khŭmeîai
    Notes:
    • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

    Descendants

    • Arabic: اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ) (see there for further descendants)

    References

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