χαμαιλεύκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ λεύκη (leúkē, “white poplar”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.lěu̯.kɛː/ → /xa.mɛˈleɸ.ci/ → /xa.meˈlef.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.lěu̯.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mɛˈlew.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.mɛˈleɸ.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈlef.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈlef.ci/

Noun

χᾰμαιλεύκη • (khămaileúkē) f (genitive χᾰμαιλεύκης); first declension

1. coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)

   Synonyms: βήχιον (bḗkhion), χᾰμαίγειρον (khămaígeiron)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χᾰμαιλεύκη; τῆς χᾰμαιλεύκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰμαιλεύκη hē khămaileúkē	τὼ χᾰμαιλεύκᾱ tṑ khămaileúkā	αἱ χᾰμαιλεῦκαι hai khămaileûkai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰμαιλεύκης tês khămaileúkēs	τοῖν χᾰμαιλεύκαιν toîn khămaileúkain	τῶν χᾰμαιλευκῶν tôn khămaileukôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰμαιλεύκῃ têi khămaileúkēi	τοῖν χᾰμαιλεύκαιν toîn khămaileúkain	ταῖς χᾰμαιλεύκαις taîs khămaileúkais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰμαιλεύκην tḕn khămaileúkēn	τὼ χᾰμαιλεύκᾱ tṑ khămaileúkā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαιλεύκᾱς tā̀s khămaileúkās
Vocative	χᾰμαιλεύκη khămaileúkē	χᾰμαιλεύκᾱ khămaileúkā	χᾰμαιλεῦκαι khămaileûkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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