χρυσόμηλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰryː.só.mɛː.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰryˈso.me̝.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xryˈso.mi.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xryˈso.mi.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xriˈso.mi.lon/
Noun
χρῡσόμηλον • (khrūsómēlon) n (genitive χρῡσομήλου); second declension
- quince (Cydonia oblonga)
- Synonym: μηλοκῠδώνῐον (mēlokudṓnion)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ χρῡσόμηλον; τοῦ χρῡσομήλου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ χρῡσόμηλον tò khrūsómēlon | τὼ χρῡσομήλω tṑ khrūsomḗlō | τᾰ̀ χρῡσόμηλᾰ tà khrūsómēla | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ χρῡσομήλου toû khrūsomḗlou | τοῖν χρῡσομήλοιν toîn khrūsomḗloin | τῶν χρῡσομήλων tôn khrūsomḗlōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ χρῡσομήλῳ tôi khrūsomḗlōi | τοῖν χρῡσομήλοιν toîn khrūsomḗloin | τοῖς χρῡσομήλοις toîs khrūsomḗlois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ χρῡσόμηλον tò khrūsómēlon | τὼ χρῡσομήλω tṑ khrūsomḗlō | τᾰ̀ χρῡσόμηλᾰ tà khrūsómēla | ||||||||||
Vocative | χρῡσόμηλον khrūsómēlon | χρῡσομήλω khrūsomḗlō | χρῡσόμηλᾰ khrūsómēla | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “χρυσόμηλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press