χειμάρρους

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

χειμάρροος (kheimárrhoos) – uncontracted
χείμαρρος (kheímarrhos), χειμάρρος (kheimárrhos) – Epic, Koine

Etymology

Contraction of χειμάρροος (kheimárrhoos), from χεῖμα (kheîma, “winter”) + ῥέω (rhéō, “to flow”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰeː.már̥.r̥oːs/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰiˈmar̥.r̥us/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /xiˈmar.rus/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çiˈmar.rus/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çiˈma.rus/

Adjective

χειμάρρους • (kheimárrhous) m or f (neuter χειμάρρουν); second declension

torrential, flowing during winter, swollen by rain and melted snow
ποταμός χειμάρρους ― potamós kheimárrhous ― torrential river

Usage notes

Usually accompanying the noun ποταμός (potamós).
Do not confuse with χείμαρος (kheímaros).

Inflection

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Derived terms

χειμαρρηδόν (kheimarrhēdón)
χειμαρρικός (kheimarrhikós)
χειμαρρογενής (kheimarrhogenḗs)
χειμαρρώδης (kheimarrhṓdēs)

Descendants

Greek: χείμαρρος (cheímarros)

Further reading

χειμάρροος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
χειμάρρους in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Dimitrakos, Dimitrios B. (1964) Μέγα λεξικόν ὅλης τῆς Ἑλληνικῆς γλώσσης [Great Dictionary of the entire Greek Language] (in Greek), Athens: Hellenic Paideia

Greek

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [çiˈmaɾus]

Noun

χειμάρρους • (cheimárrous)

Accusative plural form of χείμαρρος (cheímarros).

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