Χέμμις

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Egyptian.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰém.mis/ → /ˈçem.mis/ → /ˈçe.mis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰém.mis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰem.mis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçem.mis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçem.mis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçe.mis/

Proper noun

Χέμμῐς • (Khémmis) f (genitive Χέμμεως); third declension

1. Chemmis; Akhmim, Egypt

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Χέμμῐς; τῆς Χέμμεως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Χέμμῐς hē Khémmis
Genitive	τῆς Χέμμεως tês Khémmeōs
Dative	τῇ Χέμμει têi Khémmei
Accusative	τὴν Χέμμῐν tḕn Khémmin
Vocative	Χέμμῐ Khémmi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Χεμμῑ́της (Khemmī́tēs)

Descendants

• → Latin: Chemmis

Further reading

• Χέμμις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette