χρυσάνθεμον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) +‎ ἄνθεμον (ánthemon, “flower”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰryː.sá.ne.mon/ → /xryˈsa.ne.mon/ → /xriˈsa.ne.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰryː.sá.ne.mon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰryˈsa.ne.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xryˈsa.ne.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xryˈsa.ne.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xriˈsa.ne.mon/

Noun

χρῡσᾰ́νθεμον • (khrūsánthemon) n (genitive χρῡσᾰνθέμου); second declension

1. gold-flower (Helichrysum italicum)

   Synonym: ἑλίχρυσος (helíkhrusos)

2. immortelle (Helichrysum orientale)

   Synonym: χρυσοκόμη (khrusokómē)

3. buttercup (plant of the genus Ranunculus)

   Synonym: βατράχιον (batrákhion)

Declension

Second declension of τὸ χρῡσᾰ́νθεμον; τοῦ χρῡσᾰνθέμου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χρῡσᾰ́νθεμον tò khrūsánthemon	τὼ χρῡσᾰνθέμω tṑ khrūsanthémō	τᾰ̀ χρῡσᾰ́νθεμᾰ tà khrūsánthema
Genitive	τοῦ χρῡσᾰνθέμου toû khrūsanthémou	τοῖν χρῡσᾰνθέμοιν toîn khrūsanthémoin	τῶν χρῡσᾰνθέμων tôn khrūsanthémōn
Dative	τῷ χρῡσᾰνθέμῳ tôi khrūsanthémōi	τοῖν χρῡσᾰνθέμοιν toîn khrūsanthémoin	τοῖς χρῡσᾰνθέμοις toîs khrūsanthémois
Accusative	τὸ χρῡσᾰ́νθεμον tò khrūsánthemon	τὼ χρῡσᾰνθέμω tṑ khrūsanthémō	τᾰ̀ χρῡσᾰ́νθεμᾰ tà khrūsánthema
Vocative	χρῡσᾰ́νθεμον khrūsánthemon	χρῡσᾰνθέμω khrūsanthémō	χρῡσᾰ́νθεμᾰ khrūsánthema
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: chrȳsanthemum
• → Translingual: Chrysanthemum

References

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