χαμαικυπάρισσος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ κῠπᾰ́ρῐσσος (kupárissos, “cypress”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.ky.pá.ris.sos/ → /xaˈmɛ.cyˈpa.ris.sos/ → /xaˈme.ciˈpa.ri.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.ky.pá.ris.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰaˈmɛ.kyˈpa.ris.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xaˈmɛ.cyˈpa.ris.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.cyˈpa.ris.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.ciˈpa.ri.sos/

Noun

χᾰμαίκῠπᾰ́ρῐσσος • (khamaíkupárissos) f (genitive χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσου); second declension

1. cotton lavender (Santolina chamaecyparissus)

Declension

Second declension of ἡ χᾰμαικῠπᾰ́ρῐσσος; τῆς χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰμαικῠπᾰ́ρῐσσος hē khamaikupárissos	τὼ χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσω tṑ khamaikuparíssō	αἱ χᾰμαικῠπᾰ́ρῐσσοι hai khamaikupárissoi
Genitive	τῆς χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσου tês khamaikuparíssou	τοῖν χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσοιν toîn khamaikuparíssoin	τῶν χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσων tôn khamaikuparíssōn
Dative	τῇ χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσῳ têi khamaikuparíssōi	τοῖν χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσοιν toîn khamaikuparíssoin	ταῖς χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσοις taîs khamaikuparíssois
Accusative	τὴν χᾰμαικῠπᾰ́ρῐσσον tḕn khamaikupárisson	τὼ χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσω tṑ khamaikuparíssō	τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσους tā̀s khamaikuparíssous
Vocative	χᾰμαικῠπᾰ́ρῐσσε khamaikupárisse	χᾰμαικῠπᾰρῐ́σσω khamaikuparíssō	χᾰμαικῠπᾰ́ρῐσσοι khamaikupárissoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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