χαμαίδρυς
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) + δρῦς (drûs, “oak”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.dryːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰaˈmɛ.drys/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xaˈmɛ.ðrys/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xaˈme.ðrys/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xaˈme.ðris/
Noun
[edit]χᾰμαίδρῡς • (khamaídrūs) f (genitive χᾰμαίδρῠος); third declension
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ χᾰμαίδρῡς hē khamaídrūs |
τὼ χᾰμαίδρῠε tṑ khamaídrue |
αἱ χᾰμαίδρῠες hai khamaídrues | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς χᾰμαίδρῠος tês khamaídruos |
τοῖν χᾰμαιδρῠ́οιν toîn khamaidrúoin |
τῶν χᾰμαιδρῠ́ων tôn khamaidrúōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ χᾰμαίδρῠῐ̈ / χᾰμαίδρυι têi khamaídruï / khamaídrui |
τοῖν χᾰμαιδρῠ́οιν toîn khamaidrúoin |
ταῖς χᾰμαίδρῠσῐ / χᾰμαίδρῠσῐν taîs khamaídrusi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν χᾰμαίδρῡν tḕn khamaídrūn |
τὼ χᾰμαίδρῠε tṑ khamaídrue |
τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαίδρῡς / χᾰμαίδρῠᾰς tā̀s khamaídrūs / khamaídruas | ||||||||||
Vocative | χᾰμαίδρῡ khamaídrū |
χᾰμαίδρῠε khamaídrue |
χᾰμαίδρῠες khamaídrues | ||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]- → Latin: chamaedrys, gamandrea
- → Italian: camedrio
Further reading
[edit]- “χαμαίδρυς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χαμαίδρυς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
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- Ancient Greek nouns
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- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek third-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the third declension
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