χαμαιδάφνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ δάφνη (dáphnē, “laurel”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.dá.pʰnɛː/ → /xa.mɛˈða.ɸni/ → /xa.meˈða.fni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.dá.pʰnɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mɛˈda.pʰne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.mɛˈða.ɸni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈða.fni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈða.fni/

Noun

χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνη • (khamaidáphnē) f (genitive χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνης); first declension

1. periwinkle (Vinca herbacea)

   Synonym: δᾰφνῖτῐς (daphnîtis)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνη; τῆς χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνη hē khamaidáphnē	τὼ χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνᾱ tṑ khamaidáphnā	αἱ χᾰμαιδᾰ́φναι hai khamaidáphnai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνης tês khamaidáphnēs	τοῖν χᾰμαιδᾰ́φναιν toîn khamaidáphnain	τῶν χᾰμαιδᾰφνῶν tôn khamaidaphnôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνῃ têi khamaidáphnēi	τοῖν χᾰμαιδᾰ́φναιν toîn khamaidáphnain	ταῖς χᾰμαιδᾰ́φναις taîs khamaidáphnais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνην tḕn khamaidáphnēn	τὼ χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνᾱ tṑ khamaidáphnā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνᾱς tā̀s khamaidáphnās
Vocative	χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνη khamaidáphnē	χᾰμαιδᾰ́φνᾱ khamaidáphnā	χᾰμαιδᾰ́φναι khamaidáphnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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