Χίμαιρα

See also: χίμαιρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

R-stem derivation from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeym- (“winter, snow”), complementing the n-stem reflex found in χειμών (kheimṓn).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Χῐ́μαιρᾰ • (Khímaira) f (genitive Χῐμαίρᾱς); first declension

  1. Chimera, a mythological animal
  2. Chimera, a volcanic site in ancient Lycia, now in Turkey

Inflection
First declension of ἡ Χῐ́μαιρᾰ; τῆς Χῐμαίρᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ Χῐ́μαιρᾰ
hē Khímaira		 τὼ Χῐμαίρᾱ
tṑ Khimaírā		 αἱ Χῐ́μαιραι
hai Khímairai
Genitive τῆς Χῐμαίρᾱς
tês Khimaírās		 τοῖν Χῐμαίραιν
toîn Khimaírain		 τῶν Χῐμαιρῶν
tôn Khimairôn
Dative τῇ Χῐμαίρᾳ
têi Khimaírāi		 τοῖν Χῐμαίραιν
toîn Khimaírain		 ταῖς Χῐμαίραις
taîs Khimaírais
Accusative τὴν Χῐ́μαιρᾰν
tḕn Khímairan		 τὼ Χῐμαίρᾱ
tṑ Khimaírā		 τᾱ̀ς Χῐμαίρᾱς
tā̀s Khimaírās
Vocative Χῐ́μαιρᾰ
Khímaira		 Χῐμαίρᾱ
Khimaírā		 Χῐ́μαιραι
Khímairai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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

  1. (Greek mythology) Chimera/Chimaera (A creature of mixed parts, usually lion and goat with a dragon's tail.)

Declension
Declension of Χίμαιρα (Chímaira)
singular
nominative Χίμαιρα •
genitive Χίμαιρας •
accusative Χίμαιρα •
vocative Χίμαιρα •

Further reading
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