From Proto-Hellenic *kʰímər, R-stem derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeym- (“winter, snow”), complementing the n-stem reflex found in χειμών (kheimṓn). Perhaps originally meaning "winter/year-old (goat)".
χῐ́μᾰρος • (khĭ́măros) m (genitive χῐμᾰ́ρου); second declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ χῐ́μᾰρος ho khĭ́măros |
τὼ χῐμᾰ́ρω tṑ khĭmắrō |
οἱ χῐ́μᾰροι hoi khĭ́măroi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χῐμᾰ́ρου toû khĭmắrou |
τοῖν χῐμᾰ́ροιν toîn khĭmắroin |
τῶν χῐμᾰ́ρων tôn khĭmắrōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χῐμᾰ́ρῳ tôi khĭmắrōi |
τοῖν χῐμᾰ́ροιν toîn khĭmắroin |
τοῖς χῐμᾰ́ροις toîs khĭmắrois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν χῐ́μᾰρον tòn khĭ́măron |
τὼ χῐμᾰ́ρω tṑ khĭmắrō |
τοὺς χῐμᾰ́ρους toùs khĭmắrous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χῐ́μᾰρε khĭ́măre |
χῐμᾰ́ρω khĭmắrō |
χῐ́μᾰροι khĭ́măroi | ||||||||||
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