χαμαιμυρσίνη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ μυρσίνη (mursínē, “myrtle”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.myr.sí.nɛː/ → /xa.mɛ.myrˈsi.ni/ → /xa.me.mirˈsi.ni/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.myr.sí.nɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mɛ.myrˈsi.ne̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.mɛ.myrˈsi.ni/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.me.myrˈsi.ni/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.me.mirˈsi.ni/

Noun

χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νη • (khamaimursínē) f (genitive χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νης); first declension

1. butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus)

   Synonyms: κεντρομυρσίνη (kentromursínē), μυάκανθος (muákanthos), ὀξυμυρσίνη (oxumursínē)

Declension

First declension of ἡ χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νη; τῆς χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νη hē khamaimursínē	τὼ χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νᾱ tṑ khamaimursínā	αἱ χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́ναι hai khamaimursínai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νης tês khamaimursínēs	τοῖν χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́ναιν toîn khamaimursínain	τῶν χᾰμαιμῠρσῐνῶν tôn khamaimursinôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νῃ têi khamaimursínēi	τοῖν χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́ναιν toîn khamaimursínain	ταῖς χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́ναις taîs khamaimursínais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νην tḕn khamaimursínēn	τὼ χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νᾱ tṑ khamaimursínā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νᾱς tā̀s khamaimursínās
Vocative	χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νη khamaimursínē	χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́νᾱ khamaimursínā	χᾰμαιμῠρσῐ́ναι khamaimursínai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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