chamaemelon
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Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek χαμαίμηλον (khamaímēlon, literally “earth-apple”), from χαμαί (khamaí, “on the ground”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”). So called because of the apple-like scent of the plant.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kʰa.mae̯ˈmeː.lon/, [kʰämäe̯ˈmeːɫ̪ɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ka.meˈme.lon/, [kämeˈmɛːlon]
Noun
[edit]chamaemēlon n (genitive chamaemēlī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | chamaemēlon | chamaemēla |
genitive | chamaemēlī | chamaemēlōrum |
dative | chamaemēlō | chamaemēlīs |
accusative | chamaemēlon | chamaemēla |
ablative | chamaemēlō | chamaemēlīs |
vocative | chamaemēlon | chamaemēla |
References
[edit]- “chamaemelon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- chamaemelon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.