χαμαιάκτη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) +‎ ἀκτέα (aktéa, “elder”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.ák.tɛː/ → /xa.mɛˈak.ti/ → /xa.meˈak.ti/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mai̯.ák.tɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰa.mɛˈak.te̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xa.mɛˈak.ti/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈak.ti/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /xa.meˈak.ti/

Noun

χᾰμαιάκτη • (khamaiáktē) f (genitive χᾰμαιάκτης); first declension

1. dwarf elder (Sambucus ebulus)

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χᾰμαιάκτη; τῆς χᾰμαιάκτης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χᾰμαιάκτη hē khamaiáktē	τὼ χᾰμαιάκτᾱ tṑ khamaiáktā	αἱ χᾰμαιάκται hai khamaiáktai
Genitive	τῆς χᾰμαιάκτης tês khamaiáktēs	τοῖν χᾰμαιάκταιν toîn khamaiáktain	τῶν χᾰμαιακτῶν tôn khamaiaktôn
Dative	τῇ χᾰμαιάκτῃ têi khamaiáktēi	τοῖν χᾰμαιάκταιν toîn khamaiáktain	ταῖς χᾰμαιάκταις taîs khamaiáktais
Accusative	τὴν χᾰμαιάκτην tḕn khamaiáktēn	τὼ χᾰμαιάκτᾱ tṑ khamaiáktā	τᾱ̀ς χᾰμαιάκτᾱς tā̀s khamaiáktās
Vocative	χᾰμαιάκτη khamaiáktē	χᾰμαιάκτᾱ khamaiáktā	χᾰμαιάκται khamaiáktai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “χαμαιάκτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χαμαιάκτη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette