χαίτη
Ancient Greek Edit
Alternative forms Edit
Etymology Edit
According to Beekes, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeh₂it- (“curly hair”), the same root of Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬉𐬯𐬀 (gaēsa, “curly hair”) and Middle Irish gaiset (“bristly hair”).
Pronunciation Edit
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰǎi̯.tɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰɛ.te̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈçɛ.ti/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈçe.ti/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈçe.ti/
Noun Edit
χαίτη • (khaítē) f (genitive χαίτης); first declension
- loose, flowing hair; used especially of back hair
- Tyrt. 1.39.Diehl
- Ruf., Onom. 14
- a mane of a horse or of a lion (also, metaphorically, of Aeschylus); opposed to λοφιά
- a helmet’s crest
- (figurative, of trees) foliage
- Anacreont. 17
- Anacreont. 18.12
Declension Edit
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ χαίτη hē khaítē |
τὼ χαίτᾱ tṑ khaítā |
αἱ χαῖται hai khaîtai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς χαίτης tês khaítēs |
τοῖν χαίταιν toîn khaítain |
τῶν χαιτῶν tôn khaitôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ χαίτῃ têi khaítēi |
τοῖν χαίταιν toîn khaítain |
ταῖς χαίταις taîs khaítais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν χαίτην tḕn khaítēn |
τὼ χαίτᾱ tṑ khaítā |
τᾱ̀ς χαίτᾱς tā̀s khaítās | ||||||||||
Vocative | χαίτη khaítē |
χαίτᾱ khaítā |
χαῖται khaîtai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms Edit
- κυανοχαίτης (kuanokhaítēs)
- ὀξῠβελεῖς χαῖται f pl (oxubeleîs khaîtai)
- χαιτήεις (khaitḗeis)
- χαίτωμα (khaítōma)
Descendants Edit
- English: chaeta
- Greek: χαίτη (chaíti)
- Latin: macrochaeta
References Edit
- “χαίτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “χαίτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “χαίτη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- χαίτη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- χαίτη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “χαίτα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek Edit
Etymology Edit
Learnedly, from the Ancient Greek χαίτη (khaítē).[1]
Pronunciation Edit
Noun Edit
χαίτη • (chaíti) f (plural χαίτες)
Declension Edit
declension of χαίτη
References Edit
- ^ χαίτη - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.