χαμεύνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• χαμαιεύνη (khamaieúnē), χαμεύνα (khameúna)

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ εὐνή (eunḗ, “bed; abode”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.měu̯.nɛː/ → /xaˈme.βni/ → /xaˈme.vni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.měu̯.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰaˈmew.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.βni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.vni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.vni/

Noun

χᾰμεύνη • (khămeúnē) f (genitive χᾰμεύνης); first declension

1. bed on the ground, pallet-bed
2. (in general) bedstead, bedframe

   Synonym: δέμνιον (démnion)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χᾰμεύνη; τῆς χᾰμεύνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰμεύνη hē khămeúnē	τὼ χᾰμεύνᾱ tṑ khămeúnā	αἱ χᾰμεῦναι hai khămeûnai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰμεύνης tês khămeúnēs	τοῖν χᾰμεύναιν toîn khămeúnain	τῶν χᾰμευνῶν tôn khămeunôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰμεύνῃ têi khămeúnēi	τοῖν χᾰμεύναιν toîn khămeúnain	ταῖς χᾰμεύναις taîs khămeúnais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰμεύνην tḕn khămeúnēn	τὼ χᾰμεύνᾱ tṑ khămeúnā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰμεύνᾱς tā̀s khămeúnās
Vocative	χᾰμεύνη khămeúnē	χᾰμεύνᾱ khămeúnā	χᾰμεῦναι khămeûnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χαμευνάς (khameunás)
• χαμευνέω (khameunéō)
• χαμεύνης (khameúnēs)
• χαμευνία (khameunía)
• χαμεύνιον (khameúnion)
• χαμευνίς (khameunís)
• χάμευνος (khámeunos)

Further reading

• “χαμεύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χαμεύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χαμεύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette