chamaeleon
See also: chameleon, Chamaeleon, Chamäleon, chamæleon, and chamæléon
English
Noun
chamaeleon (plural chamaeleons)
- Alternative spelling of chameleon
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χαμαιλέων (khamailéōn), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the earth, on the ground”) + λέων (léōn, “lion”); ultimately a calque from Akkadian 𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠 (nēšu ša qaqqari, “chameleon, reptile”, literally “lion of the ground", "predator that crawls upon the ground”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʰaˈmae̯.le.on/, [kʰaˈmae̯.ɫe.ɔn]
Noun
chamaeleon m (genitive chamaeleōnis); third declension
- chameleon (a kind of lizard)
- (sometimes feminine) carline thistle
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | chamaeleon | chamaeleōnēs |
| Genitive | chamaeleōnis | chamaeleōnum |
| Dative | chamaeleōnī | chamaeleōnibus |
| Accusative | chamaeleōnem | chamaeleōnēs |
| Ablative | chamaeleōne | chamaeleōnibus |
| Vocative | chamaeleon | chamaeleōnēs |
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | chamaeleon | chamaeleōntēs |
| Genitive | chamaeleōntis | chamaeleōntum |
| Dative | chamaeleōntī | chamaeleōntibus |
| Accusative | chamaeleōntem | chamaeleōntēs |
| Ablative | chamaeleōnte | chamaeleōntibus |
| Vocative | chamaeleon | chamaeleōntēs |
References
- chamaeleon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- chamaeleon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- chamaeleon in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- Critical and Philological Notes: Tablet XI, Note 314 in Andrew R. George (2003) The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts, Volume II, Oxford University Press, pages 896-897
- nēšu(m) in Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (1976) A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, page 251