χαμαίδρυς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) + δρῦς (drûs, “oak”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.dryːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰaˈmɛ.drys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xaˈmɛ.ðrys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xaˈme.ðrys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xaˈme.ðris/
Noun
χᾰμαίδρῡς • (khamaídrūs) f (genitive χᾰμαίδρῠος); third declension
- wall germander (Teucrium chamaedrys)
Descendants
- → Latin: chamaedrys
- → Italian: camedrio
References
- χαμαίδρυς in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαμαίδρυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette