χαμαίγειρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ αἴγειρος (aígeiros, “black poplar”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.ɡeː.ron/ → /xaˈmɛ.ʝi.ron/ → /xaˈme.ʝi.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.ɡeː.ron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰaˈmɛ.ɡi.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xaˈmɛ.ʝi.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.ʝi.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.ʝi.ron/

Noun

χᾰμαίγειρον • (khămaígeiron) n (genitive χᾰμαιγείρου); second declension

1. coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)

   Synonyms: βήχῐον (bḗkhĭon), χᾰμαιλεύκη (khămaileúkē)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ χᾰμαίγειρον; τοῦ χᾰμαιγείρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χᾰμαίγειρον tò khămaígeiron	τὼ χᾰμαιγείρω tṑ khămaigeírō	τᾰ̀ χᾰμαίγειρᾰ tằ khămaígeiră
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰμαιγείρου toû khămaigeírou	τοῖν χᾰμαιγείροιν toîn khămaigeíroin	τῶν χᾰμαιγείρων tôn khămaigeírōn
Dative	τῷ χᾰμαιγείρῳ tôi khămaigeírōi	τοῖν χᾰμαιγείροιν toîn khămaigeíroin	τοῖς χᾰμαιγείροις toîs khămaigeírois
Accusative	τὸ χᾰμαίγειρον tò khămaígeiron	τὼ χᾰμαιγείρω tṑ khămaigeírō	τᾰ̀ χᾰμαίγειρᾰ tằ khămaígeiră
Vocative	χᾰμαίγειρον khămaígeiron	χᾰμαιγείρω khămaigeírō	χᾰμαίγειρᾰ khămaígeiră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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