Χείρων
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See also: χείρων
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰěː.rɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkʰi.ron/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈçi.ron/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈçi.ron/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈçi.ron/
Proper noun
Χείρων • (Kheírōn) m (genitive Χείρωνος); third declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Χείρων ho Kheírōn | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Χείρωνος toû Kheírōnos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Χείρωνῐ tôi Kheírōni | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Χείρωνᾰ tòn Kheírōna | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Χείρων Kheírōn | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Χείρων (Cheíron)
- Latin: Chīrōn, Cheirōn
- Armenian: Քիրոն (Kʻiron)
- Georgian: ქირონი (kironi)
- Russian: Хиро́н (Xirón)
References
- “Χείρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Χείρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Χείρων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006