χρυσάνθεμον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) +‎ ἄνθεμον (ánthemon, “flower”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰryː.sán.tʰe.mon/ → /xryˈsan.θe.mon/ → /xriˈsan.θe.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰryː.sán.tʰe.mon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰryˈsan.tʰe.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xryˈsan.θe.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xryˈsan.θe.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xriˈsan.θe.mon/

Noun

χρῡσᾰ́νθεμον • (khrūsắnthemon) n (genitive χρῡσᾰνθέμου); second declension

1. gold-flower (Helichrysum italicum)

   Synonym: ἑλίχρυσος (helíkhrusos)

2. immortelle (Helichrysum orientale)

   Synonym: χρυσοκόμη (khrusokómē)

3. buttercup (plant of the genus Ranunculus)

   Synonym: βατράχιον (batrákhion)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ χρῡσᾰ́νθεμον; τοῦ χρῡσᾰνθέμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χρῡσᾰ́νθεμον tò khrūsắnthemon	τὼ χρῡσᾰνθέμω tṑ khrūsănthémō	τᾰ̀ χρῡσᾰ́νθεμᾰ tằ khrūsắnthemă
Genitive	τοῦ χρῡσᾰνθέμου toû khrūsănthémou	τοῖν χρῡσᾰνθέμοιν toîn khrūsănthémoin	τῶν χρῡσᾰνθέμων tôn khrūsănthémōn
Dative	τῷ χρῡσᾰνθέμῳ tôi khrūsănthémōi	τοῖν χρῡσᾰνθέμοιν toîn khrūsănthémoin	τοῖς χρῡσᾰνθέμοις toîs khrūsănthémois
Accusative	τὸ χρῡσᾰ́νθεμον tò khrūsắnthemon	τὼ χρῡσᾰνθέμω tṑ khrūsănthémō	τᾰ̀ χρῡσᾰ́νθεμᾰ tằ khrūsắnthemă
Vocative	χρῡσᾰ́νθεμον khrūsắnthemon	χρῡσᾰνθέμω khrūsănthémō	χρῡσᾰ́νθεμᾰ khrūsắnthemă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: chrȳsanthemum
• → Translingual: Chrysanthemum

References

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