Chimaera

See also: chimera, chimæra, chimaera, chiméra, Chimera, and Chiméra

Translingual

Chimaera monstrosa (rabbit fish)

Etymology

From Latin Chimaera, from Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira, “mythical Chimera”).

Proper noun

Chimaera f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Chimaeridae – deep-water species, mostly called chimaeras.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Chondrichthyes - class; Chimaeriformes - order; Chimaeroidei - suborder; Chimaeridae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Chimaera monstrosa (rabbit fish) - type species

Translations

sharks in Chimaeridae

• Esperanto: ĥimero

References

• Chimaera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chimaera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chimaera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Alternative forms

• Chimæra

Etymology

As a mythological beast, a variant of earlier Chimera under influence from Latin Chimaera. As a placename, directly from Latin Chimaera.

Proper noun

Chimaera

1. (dated) Alternative form of Chimera
   • 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 184:

     CHIMÆRA, in geography, a port town of Turky in Europe, ſituated at the entrance of the gulph of Venice, in the province of Epirus, about thirty-two miles north of the city Corfu, near which are the mountains of Chimæra, which divide Epirus from Theſſaly...

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Χίμαιρα (Khímaira, “fire-breathing Lycian monster, fire-spewing Lycian or Cilician mountain”), from χίμαιρα (khímaira, “she-goat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kʰiˈmae̯.ra/, [kʰɪˈmäe̯rä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kiˈme.ra/, [kiˈmɛːrä]

Proper noun

Chimaera f sg (genitive Chimaerae); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Chimera
2. Mount Chimera (a mountain in Cilicia or Lycia, modern Turkey)
3. (historical) An ancient region in modern Albania, Himarë
4. (historical) the Ceraunian Mountains (a mountain range in Albania)

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Chimaera
Genitive	Chimaerae
Dative	Chimaerae
Accusative	Chimaeram
Ablative	Chimaerā
Vocative	Chimaera