χαμαικέρασος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.ké.ra.sos/ → /xa.mɛˈce.ra.sos/ → /xa.meˈce.ra.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.ké.ra.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mɛˈke.ra.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.mɛˈce.ra.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈce.ra.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈce.ra.sos/

Noun

χᾰμαικέρᾰσος • (khămaikérăsos) m (genitive χᾰμαικερᾰ́σου); second declension

1. prostrate cherry (Prunus prostrata)
2. lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ χᾰμαικέρᾰσος; τοῦ χᾰμαικερᾰ́σου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χᾰμαικέρᾰσος ho khămaikérăsos	τὼ χᾰμαικερᾰ́σω tṑ khămaikerắsō	οἱ χᾰμαικέρᾰσοι hoi khămaikérăsoi
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰμαικερᾰ́σου toû khămaikerắsou	τοῖν χᾰμαικερᾰ́σοιν toîn khămaikerắsoin	τῶν χᾰμαικερᾰ́σων tôn khămaikerắsōn
Dative	τῷ χᾰμαικερᾰ́σῳ tôi khămaikerắsōi	τοῖν χᾰμαικερᾰ́σοιν toîn khămaikerắsoin	τοῖς χᾰμαικερᾰ́σοις toîs khămaikerắsois
Accusative	τὸν χᾰμαικέρᾰσον tòn khămaikérăson	τὼ χᾰμαικερᾰ́σω tṑ khămaikerắsō	τοὺς χᾰμαικερᾰ́σους toùs khămaikerắsous
Vocative	χᾰμαικέρᾰσε khămaikérăse	χᾰμαικερᾰ́σω khămaikerắsō	χᾰμαικέρᾰσοι khămaikérăsoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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