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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χῐ́μαιρᾰ (khímaira).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʰí.mai̯.ra/ → /ˈçi.mɛ.ra/ → /ˈçi.me.ra/
Proper noun
Χῐ́μαιρᾰ • (Khímaira) f (genitive Χῐμαίρᾱς); first declension
- Chimera, a mythological animal
- Chimera, a volcanic site in ancient Lycia, now in Turkey
Inflection
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
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nominative
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genitive
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Χίμαιρας •
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accusative
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vocative
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