χαμαίκισσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ κισσός (kissós, “ivy”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.kis.sos/ → /xaˈmɛ.cis.sos/ → /xaˈme.ci.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.kis.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰaˈmɛ.kis.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xaˈmɛ.cis.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.cis.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.ci.sos/

Noun

χᾰμαίκῐσσος • (khamaíkissos) m (genitive χᾰμαικῐ́σσου); second declension

1. ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea)

   Synonym: σελῑνῖτις (selīnîtis)

Declension

Second declension of ὁ χᾰμαίκῐσσος; τοῦ χᾰμαικῐ́σσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ χᾰμαίκῐσσος ho khamaíkissos	τὼ χᾰμαικῐ́σσω tṑ khamaikíssō	οἱ χᾰμαίκῐσσοι hoi khamaíkissoi
Genitive	τοῦ χᾰμαικῐ́σσου toû khamaikíssou	τοῖν χᾰμαικῐ́σσοιν toîn khamaikíssoin	τῶν χᾰμαικῐ́σσων tôn khamaikíssōn
Dative	τῷ χᾰμαικῐ́σσῳ tôi khamaikíssōi	τοῖν χᾰμαικῐ́σσοιν toîn khamaikíssoin	τοῖς χᾰμαικῐ́σσοις toîs khamaikíssois
Accusative	τὸν χᾰμαίκῐσσον tòn khamaíkisson	τὼ χᾰμαικῐ́σσω tṑ khamaikíssō	τοὺς χᾰμαικῐ́σσους toùs khamaikíssous
Vocative	χᾰμαίκῐσσε khamaíkisse	χᾰμαικῐ́σσω khamaikíssō	χᾰμαίκῐσσοι khamaíkissoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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