χυμεία

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Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Zosimos of Panopolis it was named from its supposed inventor, Χύμης/Χήμης/Χείμης, but more probably it is from χῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă) +‎ -είᾱ (-eíā).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χῠμείᾱ • (khŭmeíā) f (genitive χῠμείᾱς); first declension

  1. art of alloying metals, alchemy

Declension

First declension of ἡ χῠμείᾱ; τῆς χῠμείᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ χῠμείᾱ
hē khŭmeíā 		τὼ χῠμείᾱ
tṑ khŭmeíā 		αἱ χῠμεῖαι
hai khŭmeîai
Genitive τῆς χῠμείᾱς
tês khŭmeíās 		τοῖν χῠμείαιν
toîn khŭmeíain 		τῶν χῠμειῶν
tôn khŭmeiôn
Dative τῇ χῠμείᾳ
têi khŭmeíāi 		τοῖν χῠμείαιν
toîn khŭmeíain 		ταῖς χῠμείαις
taîs khŭmeíais
Accusative τὴν χῠμείᾱν
tḕn khŭmeíān 		τὼ χῠμείᾱ
tṑ khŭmeíā 		τᾱ̀ς χῠμείᾱς
tā̀s khŭmeíās
Vocative χῠμείᾱ
khŭmeíā 		χῠμείᾱ
khŭmeíā 		χῠμεῖαι
khŭmeîai
Notes:

Descendants

  • Arabic: اَلْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ) (see there for further descendants)

References

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