χαμαιάκτη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ ἀκτέα (aktéa, “elder”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.ák.tɛː/ → /xa.mɛˈak.ti/ → /xa.meˈak.ti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.ák.tɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mɛˈak.te̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.mɛˈak.ti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈak.ti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈak.ti/

Noun

χᾰμαιάκτη • (khămaiáktē) f (genitive χᾰμαιάκτης); first declension

1. dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χᾰμαιάκτη; τῆς χᾰμαιάκτης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰμαιάκτη hē khămaiáktē	τὼ χᾰμαιάκτᾱ tṑ khămaiáktā	αἱ χᾰμαιάκται hai khămaiáktai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰμαιάκτης tês khămaiáktēs	τοῖν χᾰμαιάκταιν toîn khămaiáktain	τῶν χᾰμαιακτῶν tôn khămaiaktôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰμαιάκτῃ têi khămaiáktēi	τοῖν χᾰμαιάκταιν toîn khămaiáktain	ταῖς χᾰμαιάκταις taîs khămaiáktais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰμαιάκτην tḕn khămaiáktēn	τὼ χᾰμαιάκτᾱ tṑ khămaiáktā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαιάκτᾱς tā̀s khămaiáktās
Vocative	χᾰμαιάκτη khămaiáktē	χᾰμαιάκτᾱ khămaiáktā	χᾰμαιάκται khămaiáktai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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