χαμαισύκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ συκῆ (sukê, “fig-tree”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.sy̌ː.kɛː/ → /xa.mɛˈsy.ci/ → /xa.meˈsi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.sy̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mɛˈsy.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.mɛˈsy.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈsy.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈsi.ci/

Noun

χᾰμαισῡ́κη • (khămaisū́kē) f (genitive χᾰμαισῡ́κης); first declension

1. kind of spurge

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χᾰμαισῡ́κη; τῆς χᾰμαισῡ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰμαισῡ́κη hē khămaisū́kē	τὼ χᾰμαισῡ́κᾱ tṑ khămaisū́kā	αἱ χᾰμαισῦκαι hai khămaisûkai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰμαισῡ́κης tês khămaisū́kēs	τοῖν χᾰμαισῡ́καιν toîn khămaisū́kain	τῶν χᾰμαισῡκῶν tôn khămaisūkôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰμαισῡ́κῃ têi khămaisū́kēi	τοῖν χᾰμαισῡ́καιν toîn khămaisū́kain	ταῖς χᾰμαισῡ́καις taîs khămaisū́kais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰμαισῡ́κην tḕn khămaisū́kēn	τὼ χᾰμαισῡ́κᾱ tṑ khămaisū́kā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαισῡ́κᾱς tā̀s khămaisū́kās
Vocative	χᾰμαισῡ́κη khămaisū́kē	χᾰμαισῡ́κᾱ khămaisū́kā	χᾰμαισῦκαι khămaisûkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χαμαισύκινος (khamaisúkinos)

Further reading

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