Χίμαιρα

See also: χίμαιρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

R-stem derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeym- (“winter, snow”), complementing the n-stem reflex found in χειμών (kheimṓn).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰí.mai̯.ra/ → /ˈçi.mɛ.ra/ → /ˈçi.me.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰí.mai̯.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰi.mɛ.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.mɛ.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.me.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.me.ra/

Proper noun

Χῐ́μαιρᾰ • (Khímaira) f (genitive Χῐμαίρᾱς); first declension

1. Chimera, a mythological animal
2. Chimera, a volcanic site in ancient Lycia, now in Turkey

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Χῐ́μαιρᾰ; τῆς Χῐμαίρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ Χῐ́μαιρᾰ hē Khímaira	τὼ Χῐμαίρᾱ tṑ Khimaírā	αἱ Χῐ́μαιραι hai Khímairai
Genitive	τῆς Χῐμαίρᾱς tês Khimaírās	τοῖν Χῐμαίραιν toîn Khimaírain	τῶν Χῐμαιρῶν tôn Khimairôn
Dative	τῇ Χῐμαίρᾳ têi Khimaírāi	τοῖν Χῐμαίραιν toîn Khimaírain	ταῖς Χῐμαίραις taîs Khimaírais
Accusative	τὴν Χῐ́μαιρᾰν tḕn Khímairan	τὼ Χῐμαίρᾱ tṑ Khimaírā	τᾱ̀ς Χῐμαίρᾱς tā̀s Khimaírās
Vocative	Χῐ́μαιρᾰ Khímaira	Χῐμαίρᾱ Khimaírā	Χῐ́μαιραι Khímairai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: Chimera
• Greek: Χίμαιρα (Chímaira)
• Latin: Chimaera

References

• “Χίμαιρα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Χίμαιρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006

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Greek

Proper noun

Χίμαιρα • (Chímaira) f

1. (Greek mythology) Chimera/Chimaera (A creature of mixed parts, usually lion and goat with a dragon's tail.)

Declension

  Χίμαιρα

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Χίμαιρα •
genitive	Χίμαιρας •
accusative	Χίμαιρα •
vocative	Χίμαιρα •

Further reading

• Χίμαιρα (μυθολογία) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el