χυμεία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• χειμεία (kheimeía)
• χημεία (khēmeía)
• χημία (khēmía)

Etymology

According to Zosimos of Panopolis it was named from its supposed inventor, Χύμης/Χήμης/Χείμης, but more probably it is from χῠ́μᾰ (khúma) +‎ -είᾱ (-eíā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰy.měː.aː/ → /xyˈmi.a/ → /çiˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰy.měː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰyˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xyˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çyˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çiˈmi.a/

Noun

χῠμείᾱ • (khumeíā) f (genitive χῠμείᾱς); first declension

1. art of alloying metals, alchemy

Declension

First declension of ἡ χῠμείᾱ; τῆς χῠμείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χῠμείᾱ hē khumeíā	τὼ χῠμείᾱ tṑ khumeíā	αἱ χῠμεῖαι hai khumeîai
Genitive	τῆς χῠμείᾱς tês khumeíās	τοῖν χῠμείαιν toîn khumeíain	τῶν χῠμειῶν tôn khumeiôn
Dative	τῇ χῠμείᾳ têi khumeíāi	τοῖν χῠμείαιν toîn khumeíain	ταῖς χῠμείαις taîs khumeíais
Accusative	τὴν χῠμείᾱν tḕn khumeíān	τὼ χῠμείᾱ tṑ khumeíā	τᾱ̀ς χῠμείᾱς tā̀s khumeíās
Vocative	χῠμείᾱ khumeíā	χῠμείᾱ khumeíā	χῠμεῖαι khumeîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Arabic: اَلْكِيمِيَاء‎ (al-kīmiyāʾ)

Further reading

• “χυμεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press