Χίμαιρα
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χῐ́μαιρᾰ (khímaira).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰí.mai̯.ra/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰi.mɛ.ra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈçi.mɛ.ra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈçi.me.ra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈçi.me.ra/
Proper noun
Χῐ́μαιρᾰ • (Khímaira) f (genitive Χῐμαίρᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Χῐ́μαιρᾰ hē Khímaira |
τὼ Χῐμαίρᾱ tṑ Khimaírā |
αἱ Χῐ́μαιραι hai Khímairai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Χῐμαίρᾱς tês Khimaírās |
τοῖν Χῐμαίραιν toîn Khimaírain |
τῶν Χῐμαιρῶν tôn Khimairôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Χῐμαίρᾳ têi Khimaírāi |
τοῖν Χῐμαίραιν toîn Khimaírain |
ταῖς Χῐμαίραις taîs Khimaírais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Χῐ́μαιρᾰν tḕn Khímairan |
τὼ Χῐμαίρᾱ tṑ Khimaírā |
τᾱ̀ς Χῐμαίρᾱς tā̀s Khimaírās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Χῐ́μαιρᾰ Khímaira |
Χῐμαίρᾱ Khimaírā |
Χῐ́μαιραι Khímairai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- “Χίμαιρα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- “Χίμαιρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
Greek
Proper noun
Χίμαιρα • (Chímaira) f
- (Greek mythology) Chimera/Chimaera (A creature of mixed parts, usually lion and goat with a dragon's tail.)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Χίμαιρα (Chímaira) |
| genitive | Χίμαιρας (Chímairas) |
| accusative | Χίμαιρα (Chímaira) |
| vocative | Χίμαιρα (Chímaira) |
Further reading
Χίμαιρα (μυθολογία) on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
