χαιρέφυλλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαίρω (khaírō, “to enjoy”) +‎ φύλλον (phúllon, “leaf”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰai̯.ré.pʰyl.lon/ → /çɛˈre.ɸyl.lon/ → /çeˈre.fi.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰai̯.ré.pʰyl.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰɛˈre.pʰyl.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çɛˈre.ɸyl.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çeˈre.fyl.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çeˈre.fi.lon/

Noun

χαιρέφῠλλον • (khairéphullon) n (genitive χαιρεφῠ́λλου); second declension

1. garden chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ χαιρέφῠλλον; τοῦ χαιρεφῠ́λλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χαιρέφῠλλον tò khairéphullon	τὼ χαιρεφῠ́λλω tṑ khairephúllō	τᾰ̀ χαιρέφῠλλᾰ tà khairéphulla
Genitive	τοῦ χαιρεφῠ́λλου toû khairephúllou	τοῖν χαιρεφῠ́λλοιν toîn khairephúlloin	τῶν χαιρεφῠ́λλων tôn khairephúllōn
Dative	τῷ χαιρεφῠ́λλῳ tôi khairephúllōi	τοῖν χαιρεφῠ́λλοιν toîn khairephúlloin	τοῖς χαιρεφῠ́λλοις toîs khairephúllois
Accusative	τὸ χαιρέφῠλλον tò khairéphullon	τὼ χαιρεφῠ́λλω tṑ khairephúllō	τᾰ̀ χαιρέφῠλλᾰ tà khairéphulla
Vocative	χαιρέφῠλλον khairéphullon	χαιρεφῠ́λλω khairephúllō	χαιρέφῠλλᾰ khairéphulla
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: caerefolium

Further reading

• “χαιρέφυλλον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χαιρέφυλλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette