χαμαιμυρσίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ μυρσίνη (mursínē, “myrtle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.myr.sí.nɛː/ → /xa.mɛ.myrˈsi.ni/ → /xa.me.mirˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.myr.sí.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mɛ.myrˈsi.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.mɛ.myrˈsi.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.me.myrˈsi.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.me.mirˈsi.ni/

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Noun

χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νη • (khămaimŭrsĭ́nē) f (genitive χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νης); first declension

1. butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)

   Synonyms: κεντρομυρσίνη (kentromursínē), μυάκανθος (muákanthos), ὀξυμυρσίνη (oxumursínē)

Declension

First declension of ἡ χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νη; τῆς χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νη hē khămaimŭrsĭ́nē	τὼ χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νᾱ tṑ khămaimŭrsĭ́nā	αἱ χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́ναι hai khămaimŭrsĭ́nai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νης tês khămaimŭrsĭ́nēs	τοῖν χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́ναιν toîn khămaimŭrsĭ́nain	τῶν χᾰμαιμῠρσῐνῶν tôn khămaimŭrsĭnôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νῃ têi khămaimŭrsĭ́nēi	τοῖν χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́ναιν toîn khămaimŭrsĭ́nain	ταῖς χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́ναις taîs khămaimŭrsĭ́nais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νην tḕn khămaimŭrsĭ́nēn	τὼ χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νᾱ tṑ khămaimŭrsĭ́nā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νᾱς tā̀s khămaimŭrsĭ́nās
Vocative	χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νη khămaimŭrsĭ́nē	χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νᾱ khămaimŭrsĭ́nā	χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́ναι khămaimŭrsĭ́nai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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