χαμαισύκη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ συκῆ (sukê, “fig-tree”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.sy̌ː.kɛː/ → /xa.mɛˈsy.ci/ → /xa.meˈsi.ci/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.sy̌ː.kɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mɛˈsy.ke̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.mɛˈsy.ci/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈsy.ci/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈsi.ci/

Noun

χᾰμαισῡ́κη • (khamaisū́kē) f (genitive χᾰμαισῡ́κης); first declension

1. kind of spurge

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χᾰμαισῡ́κη; τῆς χᾰμαισῡ́κης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰμαισῡ́κη hē khamaisū́kē	τὼ χᾰμαισῡ́κᾱ tṑ khamaisū́kā	αἱ χᾰμαισῦκαι hai khamaisûkai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰμαισῡ́κης tês khamaisū́kēs	τοῖν χᾰμαισῡ́καιν toîn khamaisū́kain	τῶν χᾰμαισῡκῶν tôn khamaisūkôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰμαισῡ́κῃ têi khamaisū́kēi	τοῖν χᾰμαισῡ́καιν toîn khamaisū́kain	ταῖς χᾰμαισῡ́καις taîs khamaisū́kais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰμαισῡ́κην tḕn khamaisū́kēn	τὼ χᾰμαισῡ́κᾱ tṑ khamaisū́kā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαισῡ́κᾱς tā̀s khamaisū́kās
Vocative	χᾰμαισῡ́κη khamaisū́kē	χᾰμαισῡ́κᾱ khamaisū́kā	χᾰμαισῦκαι khamaisûkai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χαμαισύκινος (khamaisúkinos)

Further reading

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