χίμαρος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Proto-Hellenic *kʰímər, R-stem derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeym- (“winter, snow”), complementing the n-stem reflex found in χειμών (kheimṓn). Perhaps originally meaning "winter/year-old (goat)".
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰí.ma.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰi.ma.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈçi.ma.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈçi.ma.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈçi.ma.ros/
Noun
χῐ́μᾰρος • (khímaros) m (genitive χῐμᾰ́ρου); second declension
- a he-goat
- a young he-goat (following an ἔριφος (ériphos))
Declension
Second declension of ὁ χῐ́μᾰρος; τοῦ χῐμᾰ́ρου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ χῐ́μᾰρος ho khímaros | τὼ χῐμᾰ́ρω tṑ khimárō | οἱ χῐ́μᾰροι hoi khímaroi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ χῐμᾰ́ρου toû khimárou | τοῖν χῐμᾰ́ροιν toîn khimároin | τῶν χῐμᾰ́ρων tôn khimárōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ χῐμᾰ́ρῳ tôi khimárōi | τοῖν χῐμᾰ́ροιν toîn khimároin | τοῖς χῐμᾰ́ροις toîs khimárois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν χῐ́μᾰρον tòn khímaron | τὼ χῐμᾰ́ρω tṑ khimárō | τοὺς χῐμᾰ́ρους toùs khimárous | ||||||||||
Vocative | χῐ́μᾰρε khímare | χῐμᾰ́ρω khimárō | χῐ́μᾰροι khímaroi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- χῐ́μαιρᾰ (khímaira)
- χῐμᾰ́ρᾰρχος (khimárarkhos)
References
- “χίμαρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χίμαρος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- χίμαρος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- goat idem, page 365.