χαμελαία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground, on the ground”) +‎ ἐλαία (elaía, “olive tree”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.me.lǎi̯.aː/ → /xa.meˈlɛ.a/ → /xa.meˈle.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.me.lǎi̯.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.meˈlɛ.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈlɛ.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈle.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈle.a/

Noun

χᾰμελαίᾱ • (khămelaíā) f (genitive χᾰμελαίᾱς); first declension

1. spurge-olive (Daphne oleoides)

Declension

First declension of ἡ χᾰμελαίᾱ; τῆς χᾰμελαίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰμελαίᾱ hē khămelaíā	τὼ χᾰμελαίᾱ tṑ khămelaíā	αἱ χᾰμελαῖαι hai khămelaîai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰμελαίᾱς tês khămelaíās	τοῖν χᾰμελαίαιν toîn khămelaíain	τῶν χᾰμελαιῶν tôn khămelaiôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰμελαίᾳ têi khămelaíāi	τοῖν χᾰμελαίαιν toîn khămelaíain	ταῖς χᾰμελαίαις taîs khămelaíais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰμελαίᾱν tḕn khămelaíān	τὼ χᾰμελαίᾱ tṑ khămelaíā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰμελαίᾱς tā̀s khămelaíās
Vocative	χᾰμελαίᾱ khămelaíā	χᾰμελαίᾱ khămelaíā	χᾰμελαῖαι khămelaîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χαμελαΐτης (khamelaḯtēs)

References

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