χαμαικυπάρισσος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) + κῠπᾰ́ρῐσσος (kupárissos, “cypress”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.ky.pá.ris.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰaˈmɛ.kyˈpa.ris.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xaˈmɛ.cyˈpa.ris.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xaˈme.cyˈpa.ris.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xaˈme.ciˈpa.ri.sos/
Noun
χᾰμαίκῠπᾰ́ρῐσσος • (khamaíkupárissos) f (genitive χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσου); second declension
- cotton lavender (Santolina chamaecyparissus)
Declension
Second declension of ἡ χᾰμαικῠπᾰ́ρῐσσος; τῆς χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ χᾰμαικῠπᾰ́ρῐσσος hē khamaikupárissos | τὼ χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσω tṑ khamaikuparíssō | αἱ χᾰμαικῠπᾰ́ρῐσσοι hai khamaikupárissoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσου tês khamaikuparíssou | τοῖν χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσοιν toîn khamaikuparíssoin | τῶν χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσων tôn khamaikuparíssōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσῳ têi khamaikuparíssōi | τοῖν χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσοιν toîn khamaikuparíssoin | ταῖς χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσοις taîs khamaikuparíssois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν χᾰμαικῠπᾰ́ρῐσσον tḕn khamaikupárisson | τὼ χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσω tṑ khamaikuparíssō | τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσους tā̀s khamaikuparíssous | ||||||||||
Vocative | χᾰμαικῠπᾰ́ρῐσσε khamaikupárisse | χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσω khamaikuparíssō | χᾰμαικῠπᾰ́ρῐσσοι khamaikupárissoi | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χαμαικυπάρισσος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαμαικυπάρισσος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette