Χαιρώνεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Χαίρων (Khaírōn) +‎ -ειᾰ (-eia).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰai̯.rɔ̌ː.neː.a/ → /çɛˈro.ni.a/ → /çeˈro.ni.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰai̯.rɔ̌ː.neː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰɛˈro.ni.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çɛˈro.ni.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çeˈro.ni.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çeˈro.ni.a/

Proper noun

Χαιρώνειᾰ • (Khairṓneia) f (genitive Χαιρωνείᾱς); first declension

1. Chaeronea, Boeotia, Greece

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Χαιρώνειᾰ; τῆς Χαιρωνείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Χαιρώνειᾰ hē Khairṓneia
Genitive	τῆς Χαιρωνείᾱς tês Khairōneíās
Dative	τῇ Χαιρωνείᾳ têi Khairōneíāi
Accusative	τὴν Χαιρώνειᾰν tḕn Khairṓneian
Vocative	Χαιρώνειᾰ Khairṓneia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Χαιρώνεια (Chairóneia)
• → Latin: Chaeronea

Further reading

• Χαιρώνεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,005