χίμαιρα

See also: Χίμαιρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Feminine form of χῐ́μᾰρος (khímaros).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰí.mai̯.ra/ → /ˈçi.mɛ.ra/ → /ˈçi.me.ra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰí.mai̯.ra/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰi.mɛ.ra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.mɛ.ra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.me.ra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.me.ra/

Noun

χῐ́μαιρᾰ • (khímaira) f (genitive χῐμαίρᾱς); first declension

1. a she-goat
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 6.181
   • 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 322
   • 458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 232
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Anabasis 3.2.12
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Hellenica 4.2.20
   • 430 BCE – 354 BCE, Xenophon, Constitution of Sparta 13.8
   • 497 BCE – 405 BCE, Sophocles, Fragments 445
   • Eustathius 1625.34, (Compare Aristotle, History of Animals 3.21.5)

Inflection

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.

First declension of ἡ χῐ́μαιρᾰ; τῆς χῐμαίρᾱς (Attic)

Derived terms

• Χίμαιρα (Khímaira)
• χῐμαιροφῠ́λᾰξ (khimairophúlax)

 

Further reading

• “χίμαιρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “χίμαιρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “χίμαιρα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• χίμαιρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• χίμαιρα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • chimaera idem, page 130.
  • goat idem, page 365.

Greek

Noun

χίμαιρα • (chímaira) f (plural χίμαιρες)

1. chimera, chimaera (an unrealistic dream)
2. (mythology) chimera, chimaera (a monster)
3. (biology) chimera, chimaera (an organism consisting of genetically different parts)

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	χίμαιρα (chímaira)	χίμαιρες (chímaires)
genitive	χίμαιρας (chímairas)	χιμαιρών (chimairón)
accusative	χίμαιρα (chímaira)	χίμαιρες (chímaires)
vocative	χίμαιρα (chímaira)	χίμαιρες (chímaires)

Further reading

• χίμαιρα on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el