χαιρέφυλλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαίρω (khaírō, “to enjoy”) +‎ φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰai̯.ré.pʰyl.lon/ → /çɛˈre.ɸyl.lon/ → /çeˈre.fi.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰai̯.ré.pʰyl.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰɛˈre.pʰyl.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çɛˈre.ɸyl.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çeˈre.fyl.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çeˈre.fi.lon/

Noun

χαιρέφῠλλον • (khairéphŭllon) n (genitive χαιρεφῠ́λλου); second declension

1. garden chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ χαιρέφῠλλον; τοῦ χαιρεφῠ́λλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χαιρέφῠλλον tò khairéphŭllon	τὼ χαιρεφῠ́λλω tṑ khairephŭ́llō	τᾰ̀ χαιρέφῠλλᾰ tằ khairéphŭllă
Genitive	τοῦ χαιρεφῠ́λλου toû khairephŭ́llou	τοῖν χαιρεφῠ́λλοιν toîn khairephŭ́lloin	τῶν χαιρεφῠ́λλων tôn khairephŭ́llōn
Dative	τῷ χαιρεφῠ́λλῳ tôi khairephŭ́llōi	τοῖν χαιρεφῠ́λλοιν toîn khairephŭ́lloin	τοῖς χαιρεφῠ́λλοις toîs khairephŭ́llois
Accusative	τὸ χαιρέφῠλλον tò khairéphŭllon	τὼ χαιρεφῠ́λλω tṑ khairephŭ́llō	τᾰ̀ χαιρέφῠλλᾰ tằ khairéphŭllă
Vocative	χαιρέφῠλλον khairéphŭllon	χαιρεφῠ́λλω khairephŭ́llō	χαιρέφῠλλᾰ khairéphŭllă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: caerefolium

Further reading

• “χαιρέφυλλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χαιρέφυλλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette