χαμαιβάλανος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.bá.la.nos/ → /xa.mɛˈβa.la.nos/ → /xa.meˈva.la.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.bá.la.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mɛˈba.la.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.mɛˈβa.la.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈva.la.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈva.la.nos/

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Noun

χᾰμαιβᾰ́λᾰνος • (khămaibắlănos) f (genitive χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νου); second declension

1. tuberous spurge (Euphorbia apios)

   Synonym: ἄπιος (ápios)

Declension

Second declension of ἡ χᾰμαιβᾰ́λᾰνος; τῆς χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰμαιβᾰ́λᾰνος hē khămaibắlănos	τὼ χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νω tṑ khămaibălắnō	αἱ χᾰμαιβᾰ́λᾰνοι hai khămaibắlănoi
Genitive	τῆς χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νου tês khămaibălắnou	τοῖν χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νοιν toîn khămaibălắnoin	τῶν χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νων tôn khămaibălắnōn
Dative	τῇ χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νῳ têi khămaibălắnōi	τοῖν χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νοιν toîn khămaibălắnoin	ταῖς χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νοις taîs khămaibălắnois
Accusative	τὴν χᾰμαιβᾰ́λᾰνον tḕn khămaibắlănon	τὼ χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νω tṑ khămaibălắnō	τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νους tā̀s khămaibălắnous
Vocative	χᾰμαιβᾰ́λᾰνε khămaibắlăne	χᾰμαιβᾰλᾰ́νω khămaibălắnō	χᾰμαιβᾰ́λᾰνοι khămaibắlănoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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