χαμαικυπάρισσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ κῠπᾰ́ρῐσσος (kŭpắrĭssos, “cypress”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.ky.pá.ris.sos/ → /xaˈmɛ.cyˈpa.ris.sos/ → /xaˈme.ciˈpa.ri.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.ky.pá.ris.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰaˈmɛ.kyˈpa.ris.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xaˈmɛ.cyˈpa.ris.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.cyˈpa.ris.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.ciˈpa.ri.sos/

Noun

χᾰμαίκῠπᾰ́ρῐσσος • (khămaíkŭpắrĭssos) f (genitive χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσου); second declension

1. cotton lavender (Santolina chamaecyparissus)

Declension

Second declension of ἡ χᾰμαικῠπᾰ́ρῐσσος; τῆς χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰμαικῠπᾰ́ρῐσσος hē khămaikŭpắrĭssos	τὼ χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσω tṑ khămaikŭpărĭ́ssō	αἱ χᾰμαικῠπᾰ́ρῐσσοι hai khămaikŭpắrĭssoi
Genitive	τῆς χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσου tês khămaikŭpărĭ́ssou	τοῖν χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσοιν toîn khămaikŭpărĭ́ssoin	τῶν χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσων tôn khămaikŭpărĭ́ssōn
Dative	τῇ χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσῳ têi khămaikŭpărĭ́ssōi	τοῖν χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσοιν toîn khămaikŭpărĭ́ssoin	ταῖς χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσοις taîs khămaikŭpărĭ́ssois
Accusative	τὴν χᾰμαικῠπᾰ́ρῐσσον tḕn khămaikŭpắrĭsson	τὼ χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσω tṑ khămaikŭpărĭ́ssō	τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσους tā̀s khămaikŭpărĭ́ssous
Vocative	χᾰμαικῠπᾰ́ρῐσσε khămaikŭpắrĭsse	χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσω khămaikŭpărĭ́ssō	χᾰμαικῠπᾰ́ρῐσσοι khămaikŭpắrĭssoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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