χαμαιλεύκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ λεύκη (leúkē, “white poplar”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.lěu̯.kɛː/ → /xa.mɛˈleɸ.ci/ → /xa.meˈlef.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.lěu̯.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mɛˈlew.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.mɛˈleɸ.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈlef.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈlef.ci/

Noun

χᾰμαιλεύκη • (khamaileúkē) f (genitive χᾰμαιλεύκης); first declension

1. coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara)

   Synonyms: βήχιον (bḗkhion), χᾰμαίγειρον (khamaígeiron)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χᾰμαιλεύκη; τῆς χᾰμαιλεύκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰμαιλεύκη hē khamaileúkē	τὼ χᾰμαιλεύκᾱ tṑ khamaileúkā	αἱ χᾰμαιλεῦκαι hai khamaileûkai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰμαιλεύκης tês khamaileúkēs	τοῖν χᾰμαιλεύκαιν toîn khamaileúkain	τῶν χᾰμαιλευκῶν tôn khamaileukôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰμαιλεύκῃ têi khamaileúkēi	τοῖν χᾰμαιλεύκαιν toîn khamaileúkain	ταῖς χᾰμαιλεύκαις taîs khamaileúkais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰμαιλεύκην tḕn khamaileúkēn	τὼ χᾰμαιλεύκᾱ tṑ khamaileúkā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαιλεύκᾱς tā̀s khamaileúkās
Vocative	χᾰμαιλεύκη khamaileúkē	χᾰμαιλεύκᾱ khamaileúkā	χᾰμαιλεῦκαι khamaileûkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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