χαμαίρωψ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ ῥώψ (rhṓps, “brushwood”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.rɔːps/ → /xaˈmɛ.rops/ → /xaˈme.rops/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mǎi̯.rɔːps/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰaˈmɛ.rops/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xaˈmɛ.rops/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.rops/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.rops/

Noun

χᾰμαίρωψ • (khămaírōps) f (genitive χᾰμαίρωπος); third declension

1. dwarf palm (Chamaerops humilis)

Declension

Third declension of ἡ χᾰμαίρωψ; τῆς χᾰμαίρωπος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰμαίρωψ hē khămaírōps	τὼ χᾰμαίρωπε tṑ khămaírōpe	αἱ χᾰμαίρωπες hai khămaírōpes
Genitive	τῆς χᾰμαίρωπος tês khămaírōpos	τοῖν χᾰμαιρώποιν toîn khămairṓpoin	τῶν χᾰμαιρώπων tôn khămairṓpōn
Dative	τῇ χᾰμαίρωπῐ tēî khămaírōpĭ	τοῖν χᾰμαιρώποιν toîn khămairṓpoin	ταῖς χᾰμαίρωψῐ / χᾰμαίρωψῐν taîs khămaírōpsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν χᾰμαίρωπᾰ tḕn khămaírōpă	τὼ χᾰμαίρωπε tṑ khămaírōpe	τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαίρωπᾰς tā̀s khămaírōpăs
Vocative	χᾰμαίρωψ khămaírōps	χᾰμαίρωπε khămaírōpe	χᾰμαίρωπες khămaírōpes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• → Latin: chamaerops
  • → Translingual: Chamaerops

Further reading

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