χαμαιπεύκη
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) + πεύκη (peúkē, “pine”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.mai̯.pěu̯.kɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰa.mɛˈpew.ke̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xa.mɛˈpeɸ.ci/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xa.meˈpef.ci/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xa.meˈpef.ci/
Noun
χᾰμαιπεύκη • (khamaipeúkē) f (genitive χᾰμαιπεύκης); first declension
- fishbone thistle (Ptilostemon chamaepeuce)
Inflection
First declension of ἡ χᾰμαιπεύκη; τῆς χᾰμαιπεύκης (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ χᾰμαιπεύκη hē khamaipeúkē | τὼ χᾰμαιπεύκᾱ tṑ khamaipeúkā | αἱ χᾰμαιπεῦκαι hai khamaipeûkai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς χᾰμαιπεύκης tês khamaipeúkēs | τοῖν χᾰμαιπεύκαιν toîn khamaipeúkain | τῶν χᾰμαιπευκῶν tôn khamaipeukôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ χᾰμαιπεύκῃ têi khamaipeúkēi | τοῖν χᾰμαιπεύκαιν toîn khamaipeúkain | ταῖς χᾰμαιπεύκαις taîs khamaipeúkais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν χᾰμαιπεύκην tḕn khamaipeúkēn | τὼ χᾰμαιπεύκᾱ tṑ khamaipeúkā | τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαιπεύκᾱς tā̀s khamaipeúkās | ||||||||||
Vocative | χᾰμαιπεύκη khamaipeúkē | χᾰμαιπεύκᾱ khamaipeúkā | χᾰμαιπεῦκαι khamaipeûkai | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χαμαιπεύκη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαμαιπεύκη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette