χρυσόμηλον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χρῡσός (khrūsós, “gold”) +‎ μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰryː.só.mɛː.lon/ → /xryˈso.mi.lon/ → /xriˈso.mi.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰryː.só.mɛː.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰryˈso.me̝.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xryˈso.mi.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xryˈso.mi.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xriˈso.mi.lon/

Noun

χρῡσόμηλον • (khrūsómēlon) n (genitive χρῡσομήλου); second declension

1. quince (Cydonia oblonga)

   Synonym: μηλοκῠδώνῐον (mēlokŭdṓnĭon)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ χρῡσόμηλον; τοῦ χρῡσομήλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ χρῡσόμηλον tò khrūsómēlon	τὼ χρῡσομήλω tṑ khrūsomḗlō	τᾰ̀ χρῡσόμηλᾰ tằ khrūsómēlă
Genitive	τοῦ χρῡσομήλου toû khrūsomḗlou	τοῖν χρῡσομήλοιν toîn khrūsomḗloin	τῶν χρῡσομήλων tôn khrūsomḗlōn
Dative	τῷ χρῡσομήλῳ tōî khrūsomḗlōi	τοῖν χρῡσομήλοιν toîn khrūsomḗloin	τοῖς χρῡσομήλοις toîs khrūsomḗlois
Accusative	τὸ χρῡσόμηλον tò khrūsómēlon	τὼ χρῡσομήλω tṑ khrūsomḗlō	τᾰ̀ χρῡσόμηλᾰ tằ khrūsómēlă
Vocative	χρῡσόμηλον khrūsómēlon	χρῡσομήλω khrūsomḗlō	χρῡσόμηλᾰ khrūsómēlă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Translingual: (from the plural) Chrysomela, Chrysomila

Further reading

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