χονδρίλη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• χονδρίλλη (khondríllē), χόνδρύλλα (khóndrúlla)

Etymology

From χόνδρος (khóndros, “groats”), with a formation similar to ζωμίλη (zōmílē) and κονίλη (konílē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰon.drǐː.lɛː/ → /xonˈdri.li/ → /xonˈdri.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰon.drǐː.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰonˈdri.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xonˈdri.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xonˈdri.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xonˈdri.li/

Noun

χονδρῑ́λη • (khondrī́lē) f (genitive χονδρῑ́λης); first declension

1. gum succory (Chondrilla juncea)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χονδρῑ́λη; τῆς χονδρῑ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χονδρῑ́λη hē khondrī́lē	τὼ χονδρῑ́λᾱ tṑ khondrī́lā	αἱ χονδρῖλαι hai khondrîlai
Genitive	τῆς χονδρῑ́λης tês khondrī́lēs	τοῖν χονδρῑ́λαιν toîn khondrī́lain	τῶν χονδρῑλῶν tôn khondrīlôn
Dative	τῇ χονδρῑ́λῃ têi khondrī́lēi	τοῖν χονδρῑ́λαιν toîn khondrī́lain	ταῖς χονδρῑ́λαις taîs khondrī́lais
Accusative	τὴν χονδρῑ́λην tḕn khondrī́lēn	τὼ χονδρῑ́λᾱ tṑ khondrī́lā	τᾱ̀ς χονδρῑ́λᾱς tā̀s khondrī́lās
Vocative	χονδρῑ́λη khondrī́lē	χονδρῑ́λᾱ khondrī́lā	χονδρῖλαι khondrîlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: Chondrilla

Further reading

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