χαμαιπεύκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ πεύκη (peúkē, “pine”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.pěu̯.kɛː/ → /xa.mɛˈpeɸ.ci/ → /xa.meˈpef.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.pěu̯.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mɛˈpew.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.mɛˈpeɸ.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈpef.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈpef.ci/

Noun

χᾰμαιπεύκη • (khămaipeúkē) f (genitive χᾰμαιπεύκης); first declension

1. fishbone thistle (Ptilostemon chamaepeuce)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χᾰμαιπεύκη; τῆς χᾰμαιπεύκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰμαιπεύκη hē khămaipeúkē	τὼ χᾰμαιπεύκᾱ tṑ khămaipeúkā	αἱ χᾰμαιπεῦκαι hai khămaipeûkai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰμαιπεύκης tês khămaipeúkēs	τοῖν χᾰμαιπεύκαιν toîn khămaipeúkain	τῶν χᾰμαιπευκῶν tôn khămaipeukôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰμαιπεύκῃ têi khămaipeúkēi	τοῖν χᾰμαιπεύκαιν toîn khămaipeúkain	ταῖς χᾰμαιπεύκαις taîs khămaipeúkais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰμαιπεύκην tḕn khămaipeúkēn	τὼ χᾰμαιπεύκᾱ tṑ khămaipeúkā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαιπεύκᾱς tā̀s khămaipeúkās
Vocative	χᾰμαιπεύκη khămaipeúkē	χᾰμαιπεύκᾱ khămaipeúkā	χᾰμαιπεῦκαι khămaipeûkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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