χαμαίμηλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.mɛː.lon/ → /xaˈmɛ.mi.lon/ → /xaˈme.mi.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.mɛː.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰaˈmɛ.me̝.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xaˈmɛ.mi.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.mi.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.mi.lon/

Noun

χᾰμαίμηλον • (khămaímēlon) n (genitive χᾰμαιμήλου); second declension

1. Roman camomile (Chamaemelum nobile)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ χᾰμαίμηλον; τοῦ χᾰμαιμήλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χᾰμαίμηλον tò khămaímēlon	τὼ χᾰμαιμήλω tṑ khămaimḗlō	τᾰ̀ χᾰμαίμηλᾰ tằ khămaímēlă
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰμαιμήλου toû khămaimḗlou	τοῖν χᾰμαιμήλοιν toîn khămaimḗloin	τῶν χᾰμαιμήλων tôn khămaimḗlōn
Dative	τῷ χᾰμαιμήλῳ tôi khămaimḗlōi	τοῖν χᾰμαιμήλοιν toîn khămaimḗloin	τοῖς χᾰμαιμήλοις toîs khămaimḗlois
Accusative	τὸ χᾰμαίμηλον tò khămaímēlon	τὼ χᾰμαιμήλω tṑ khămaimḗlō	τᾰ̀ χᾰμαίμηλᾰ tằ khămaímēlă
Vocative	χᾰμαίμηλον khămaímēlon	χᾰμαιμήλω khămaimḗlō	χᾰμαίμηλᾰ khămaímēlă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χαμαιμήλατον (khamaimḗlaton)
• χαμαιμηλᾶτον (khamaimēlâton)
• χαμαιμηλέλαιον (khamaimēlélaion)
• χαμαιμήλινος (khamaimḗlinos)

Descendants

• Byzantine Greek: χαμόμηλον (khamómēlon)
  • Greek: χαμομήλι (chamomíli)
• → Latin: chamaemēlon
  • Catalan: camamilla
  • → German: Kamille
    • → Hungarian: kamilla
  • Old French: camomille
    • → Middle English: camamille
      • English: camomile
• → Translingual: Chamaemelum

Further reading

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