χαμαιπεύκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ πεύκη (peúkē, “pine”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.pěu̯.kɛː/ → /xa.mɛˈpeɸ.ci/ → /xa.meˈpef.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.pěu̯.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mɛˈpew.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.mɛˈpeɸ.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈpef.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈpef.ci/

Noun

χᾰμαιπεύκη • (khamaipeúkē) f (genitive χᾰμαιπεύκης); first declension

1. fishbone thistle (Ptilostemon chamaepeuce)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χᾰμαιπεύκη; τῆς χᾰμαιπεύκης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰμαιπεύκη hē khamaipeúkē	τὼ χᾰμαιπεύκᾱ tṑ khamaipeúkā	αἱ χᾰμαιπεῦκαι hai khamaipeûkai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰμαιπεύκης tês khamaipeúkēs	τοῖν χᾰμαιπεύκαιν toîn khamaipeúkain	τῶν χᾰμαιπευκῶν tôn khamaipeukôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰμαιπεύκῃ têi khamaipeúkēi	τοῖν χᾰμαιπεύκαιν toîn khamaipeúkain	ταῖς χᾰμαιπεύκαις taîs khamaipeúkais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰμαιπεύκην tḕn khamaipeúkēn	τὼ χᾰμαιπεύκᾱ tṑ khamaipeúkā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαιπεύκᾱς tā̀s khamaipeúkās
Vocative	χᾰμαιπεύκη khamaipeúkē	χᾰμαιπεύκᾱ khamaipeúkā	χᾰμαιπεῦκαι khamaipeûkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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