χαμεύνη

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• χαμαιεύνη (khamaieúnē), χαμεύνα (khameúna)

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ εὐνή (eunḗ, “bed; abode”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.měu̯.nɛː/ → /xaˈme.βni/ → /xaˈme.vni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.měu̯.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰaˈmew.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.βni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.vni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xaˈme.vni/

Noun

χᾰμεύνη • (khameúnē) f (genitive χᾰμεύνης); first declension

1. bed on the ground, pallet-bed
2. (in general) bedstead, bedframe

   Synonym: δέμνιον (démnion)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χᾰμεύνη; τῆς χᾰμεύνης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰμεύνη hē khameúnē	τὼ χᾰμεύνᾱ tṑ khameúnā	αἱ χᾰμεῦναι hai khameûnai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰμεύνης tês khameúnēs	τοῖν χᾰμεύναιν toîn khameúnain	τῶν χᾰμευνῶν tôn khameunôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰμεύνῃ têi khameúnēi	τοῖν χᾰμεύναιν toîn khameúnain	ταῖς χᾰμεύναις taîs khameúnais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰμεύνην tḕn khameúnēn	τὼ χᾰμεύνᾱ tṑ khameúnā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰμεύνᾱς tā̀s khameúnās
Vocative	χᾰμεύνη khameúnē	χᾰμεύνᾱ khameúnā	χᾰμεῦναι khameûnai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χαμευνάς (khameunás)
• χαμευνέω (khameunéō)
• χαμεύνης (khameúnēs)
• χαμευνία (khameunía)
• χαμεύνιον (khameúnion)
• χαμευνίς (khameunís)
• χάμευνος (khámeunos)

 

Further reading

• “χαμεύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χαμεύνη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• χαμεύνη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette