χαμαίκισσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ κισσός (kissós, “ivy”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.kis.sos/ → /xaˈmɛ.cis.sos/ → /xaˈme.ci.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.kis.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰaˈmɛ.kis.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xaˈmɛ.cis.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.cis.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.ci.sos/

Noun

χᾰμαίκῐσσος • (khămaíkĭssos) m (genitive χᾰμαικῐ́σσου); second declension

1. ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)

   Synonym: σελῑνῖτις (selīnîtis)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ χᾰμαίκῐσσος; τοῦ χᾰμαικῐ́σσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χᾰμαίκῐσσος ho khămaíkĭssos	τὼ χᾰμαικῐ́σσω tṑ khămaikĭ́ssō	οἱ χᾰμαίκῐσσοι hoi khămaíkĭssoi
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰμαικῐ́σσου toû khămaikĭ́ssou	τοῖν χᾰμαικῐ́σσοιν toîn khămaikĭ́ssoin	τῶν χᾰμαικῐ́σσων tôn khămaikĭ́ssōn
Dative	τῷ χᾰμαικῐ́σσῳ tôi khămaikĭ́ssōi	τοῖν χᾰμαικῐ́σσοιν toîn khămaikĭ́ssoin	τοῖς χᾰμαικῐ́σσοις toîs khămaikĭ́ssois
Accusative	τὸν χᾰμαίκῐσσον tòn khămaíkĭsson	τὼ χᾰμαικῐ́σσω tṑ khămaikĭ́ssō	τοὺς χᾰμαικῐ́σσους toùs khămaikĭ́ssous
Vocative	χᾰμαίκῐσσε khămaíkĭsse	χᾰμαικῐ́σσω khămaikĭ́ssō	χᾰμαίκῐσσοι khămaíkĭssoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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