χαιρέφυλλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαίρω (khaírō, “to enjoy”) + φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰai̯.ré.pʰyl.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰɛˈre.pʰyl.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /çɛˈre.ɸyl.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /çeˈre.fyl.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /çeˈre.fi.lon/
Noun
χαιρέφῠλλον • (khairéphullon) n (genitive χαιρεφῠ́λλου); second declension
- garden chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium)
Declension
Second declension of τὸ χαιρέφῠλλον; τοῦ χαιρεφῠ́λλου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ χαιρέφῠλλον tò khairéphullon | τὼ χαιρεφῠ́λλω tṑ khairephúllō | τᾰ̀ χαιρέφῠλλᾰ tà khairéphulla | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ χαιρεφῠ́λλου toû khairephúllou | τοῖν χαιρεφῠ́λλοιν toîn khairephúlloin | τῶν χαιρεφῠ́λλων tôn khairephúllōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ χαιρεφῠ́λλῳ tôi khairephúllōi | τοῖν χαιρεφῠ́λλοιν toîn khairephúlloin | τοῖς χαιρεφῠ́λλοις toîs khairephúllois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ χαιρέφῠλλον tò khairéphullon | τὼ χαιρεφῠ́λλω tṑ khairephúllō | τᾰ̀ χαιρέφῠλλᾰ tà khairéphulla | ||||||||||
Vocative | χαιρέφῠλλον khairéphullon | χαιρεφῠ́λλω khairephúllō | χαιρέφῠλλᾰ khairéphulla | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: caerefolium
Further reading
- “χαιρέφυλλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαιρέφυλλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette