χείμαστρον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χεῖμα (kheîma, “winter”) +‎ -τρον (-tron).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰěː.mas.tron/ → /ˈçi.mas.tron/ → /ˈçi.mas.tron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰěː.mas.tron/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰi.mas.tron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.mas.tron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.mas.tron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.mas.tron/

Noun

χείμᾰστρον • (kheímăstron) n (genitive χειμᾰ́στρου); second declension

1. winter clothing

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ χείμᾰστρον; τοῦ χειμᾰ́στρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χείμᾰστρον tò kheímăstron	τὼ χειμᾰ́στρω tṑ kheimắstrō	τᾰ̀ χείμᾰστρᾰ tằ kheímăstră
Genitive	τοῦ χειμᾰ́στρου toû kheimắstrou	τοῖν χειμᾰ́στροιν toîn kheimắstroin	τῶν χειμᾰ́στρων tôn kheimắstrōn
Dative	τῷ χειμᾰ́στρῳ tôi kheimắstrōi	τοῖν χειμᾰ́στροιν toîn kheimắstroin	τοῖς χειμᾰ́στροις toîs kheimắstrois
Accusative	τὸ χείμᾰστρον tò kheímăstron	τὼ χειμᾰ́στρω tṑ kheimắstrō	τᾰ̀ χείμᾰστρᾰ tằ kheímăstră
Vocative	χείμᾰστρον kheímăstron	χειμᾰ́στρω kheimắstrō	χείμᾰστρᾰ kheímăstră
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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