Χίμαιρα

See also: χίμαιρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χῐ́μαιρᾰ (khímaira).

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

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Descendants
  • English: Chimera
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Latin: Chimaera

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
  Χίμαιρα
case     \     number singular
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) •
genitive Χίμαιρας •
accusative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) •
vocative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) •

Further reading
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