χαμελαία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground, on the ground”) +‎ ἐλαία (elaía, “olive tree”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.me.lǎi̯.aː/ → /xa.meˈlɛ.a/ → /xa.meˈle.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.me.lǎi̯.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.meˈlɛ.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈlɛ.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈle.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈle.a/

Noun

χᾰμελαίᾱ • (khamelaíā) f (genitive χᾰμελαίᾱς); first declension

1. spurge-olive (Daphne oleoides)

Declension

First declension of ἡ χᾰμελαίᾱ; τῆς χᾰμελαίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰμελαίᾱ hē khamelaíā	τὼ χᾰμελαίᾱ tṑ khamelaíā	αἱ χᾰμελαῖαι hai khamelaîai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰμελαίᾱς tês khamelaíās	τοῖν χᾰμελαίαιν toîn khamelaíain	τῶν χᾰμελαιῶν tôn khamelaiôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰμελαίᾳ têi khamelaíāi	τοῖν χᾰμελαίαιν toîn khamelaíain	ταῖς χᾰμελαίαις taîs khamelaíais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰμελαίᾱν tḕn khamelaíān	τὼ χᾰμελαίᾱ tṑ khamelaíā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰμελαίᾱς tā̀s khamelaíās
Vocative	χᾰμελαίᾱ khamelaíā	χᾰμελαίᾱ khamelaíā	χᾰμελαῖαι khamelaîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χαμελαΐτης (khamelaḯtēs)

References

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