χίμαιρα
See also Χίμαιρα
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BC Attic): IPA: /kʰíma͜ɪra/
- (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /kʰímɛːra/
- (4th AD Koine): IPA: /xímera/
- (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /çímera/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /çímeɾa/
Noun
χίμαιρα (genitive χιμαίρας) f, first declension; (khimaira)
- a she-goat
- 7th, 8th century BC, Homer, Iliad, 6.181
- Hesiod, Theogony, 322
- 458 BC, Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 232
- 5th, 4th century BC, Xenophon, Anabasis, 3.2.12
- 5th, 4th century BC, Xenophon, Hellenica, 4.2,20
- 5th, 4th century BC, Xenophon, Constitution of Sparta, 13.8
- 5th century BC, Sophocles, Fragments, 445
- Eustathius, 1625.34, (Compare Aristotle, History of Animals, 3.21,5)
Inflection
First declension of χίμαιρᾰ, χιμαίρᾱς
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | χίμαιρᾰ | χιμαίρᾱ | χίμαιραι |
| Genitive | χιμαίρᾱς | χιμαίραιν | χιμαιρῶν |
| Dative | χιμαίρᾳ | χιμαίραιν | χιμαίραις |
| Accusative | χίμαιρᾰν | χιμαίρᾱ | χιμαίρᾱς |
| Vocative | χίμαιρᾰ | χιμαίρᾱ | χίμαιραι |
Related terms
References
- χίμαιρα in A Greek-English Lexicon by Liddell & Scott, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1940