"χαμαιλέων" meaning in Ancient Greek

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      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
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            "1": "el",
            "2": "χαμαιλέοντας",
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            "gloss": "chameleon"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: χαμαιλέοντας m (chamailéontas, “chameleon”)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: χαμαιλέοντας m (chamailéontas, “chameleon”)"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "chamaeleōn",
            "bor": "yes"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: chamaeleōn\nCatalan: camaleó\nOld French: cameleon\n→ Middle English: camelion\nEnglish: chameleon\nFrench: caméléon\n→ German: Chamäleon",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: chamaeleōn\nCatalan: camaleó\nOld French: cameleon\n→ Middle English: camelion\nEnglish: chameleon\nFrench: caméléon\n→ German: Chamäleon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "хамелео́н",
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            "g": "m"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: хамелео́н m (xameleón)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: хамелео́н m (xameleón)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oge",
            "2": "მსუენ-ლომი",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Georgian: მსუენ-ლომი (msuen-lomi) (calque)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Georgian: მსუენ-ლომი (msuen-lomi) (calque)"
    }
  ],
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        "3": "λέων",
        "t1": "on the ground",
        "t2": "lion"
      },
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    },
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        "1": "grc",
        "2": "akk",
        "3": "𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠",
        "lit": "lion of the ground\", \"predator that crawls upon the ground",
        "nocap": "y",
        "t": "chameleon, reptile",
        "tr": "nēšu ša qaqqari"
      },
      "expansion": "calque of Akkadian 𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠 (nēšu ša qaqqari, “chameleon, reptile”, literally “lion of the ground\", \"predator that crawls upon the ground”)",
      "name": "cal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From χαμαί (khamaí, “on the ground”) + λέων (léōn, “lion”); ultimately a calque of Akkadian 𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠 (nēšu ša qaqqari, “chameleon, reptile”, literally “lion of the ground\", \"predator that crawls upon the ground”).",
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      "form": "khămailéōn",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
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      "form": "χᾰμαιλέοντος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
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      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
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      "form": "grc-decl",
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      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ὁ χᾰμαιλέων",
      "roman": "ho khămailéōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ χᾰμαιλέοντε",
      "roman": "tṑ khămailéonte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "οἱ χᾰμαιλέοντες",
      "roman": "hoi khămailéontes",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τοῦ χᾰμαιλέοντος",
      "roman": "toû khămailéontos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν χᾰμαιλεόντοιν",
      "roman": "toîn khămaileóntoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν χᾰμαιλεόντων",
      "roman": "tôn khămaileóntōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ χᾰμαιλέοντῐ",
      "roman": "tôi khămailéontĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν χᾰμαιλεόντοιν",
      "roman": "toîn khămaileóntoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς χᾰμαιλέουσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "χᾰμαιλέουσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs khămailéousĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs khămailéousĭn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν χᾰμαιλέοντᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn khămailéontă",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "τοὺς χᾰμαιλέοντᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs khămailéontăs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "χᾰμαιλέον",
      "roman": "khămailéon",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "χᾰμαιλέοντε",
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      "source": "inflection",
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "χᾰμαιλέοντες",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
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      },
      "expansion": "χᾰμαιλέων • (khămailéōn) m (genitive χᾰμαιλέοντος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "χᾰμαιλέων",
        "2": "χᾰμαιλέοντος"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "62 38",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "72 28",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 36",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "81 19",
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chameleon"
      ],
      "id": "en-χαμαιλέων-grc-noun-71jvPB4y",
      "links": [
        [
          "chameleon",
          "chameleon#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "type of plant, so called because of its colour-changing leaves"
      ],
      "id": "en-χαμαιλέων-grc-noun-mVdmAB2o"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰa.mai̯.lé.ɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xa.mɛˈle.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xa.meˈle.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰa.mai̯.lé.ɔːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰa.mɛˈle.on/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xa.mɛˈle.on/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xa.meˈle.on/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xa.meˈle.on/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "χαμαιλέων"
}

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    "Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the third declension",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms calqued from Akkadian",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Akkadian",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek third-declension nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: χαμαιλέοντας m (chamailéontas, “chameleon”)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "chamaeleōn",
            "bor": "yes"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Latin: chamaeleōn\nCatalan: camaleó\nOld French: cameleon\n→ Middle English: camelion\nEnglish: chameleon\nFrench: caméléon\n→ German: Chamäleon",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Latin: chamaeleōn\nCatalan: camaleó\nOld French: cameleon\n→ Middle English: camelion\nEnglish: chameleon\nFrench: caméléon\n→ German: Chamäleon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "ru",
            "2": "хамелео́н",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: хамелео́н m (xameleón)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: хамелео́н m (xameleón)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "oge",
            "2": "მსუენ-ლომი",
            "clq": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Georgian: მსუენ-ლომი (msuen-lomi) (calque)"
    }
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      },
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      "name": "af"
    },
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        "1": "grc",
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        "3": "𒌨𒈤𒊭𒆠",
        "lit": "lion of the ground\", \"predator that crawls upon the ground",
        "nocap": "y",
        "t": "chameleon, reptile",
        "tr": "nēšu ša qaqqari"
      },
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      "name": "cal"
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        "canonical"
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        "romanization"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "χᾰμαιλέοντος",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ὁ χᾰμαιλέων",
      "roman": "ho khămailéōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τὼ χᾰμαιλέοντε",
      "roman": "tṑ khămailéonte",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "οἱ χᾰμαιλέοντες",
      "roman": "hoi khămailéontes",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "form": "τοῦ χᾰμαιλέοντος",
      "roman": "toû khămailéontos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν χᾰμαιλεόντοιν",
      "roman": "toîn khămaileóntoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν χᾰμαιλεόντων",
      "roman": "tôn khămaileóntōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ χᾰμαιλέοντῐ",
      "roman": "tôi khămailéontĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν χᾰμαιλεόντοιν",
      "roman": "toîn khămaileóntoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "τοῖς χᾰμαιλέουσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "χᾰμαιλέουσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "toîs khămailéousĭ",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs khămailéousĭn",
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        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸν χᾰμαιλέοντᾰ",
      "roman": "tòn khămailéontă",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ χᾰμαιλέοντε",
      "roman": "tṑ khămailéonte",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοὺς χᾰμαιλέοντᾰς",
      "roman": "toùs khămailéontăs",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "χᾰμαιλέον",
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        "singular",
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      "form": "χᾰμαιλέοντε",
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        "dual",
        "vocative"
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    {
      "form": "χᾰμαιλέοντες",
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    }
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      },
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      "name": "grc-noun"
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "glosses": [
        "chameleon"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "chameleon",
          "chameleon#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "type of plant, so called because of its colour-changing leaves"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/kʰa.mai̯.lé.ɔːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xa.mɛˈle.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xa.meˈle.on/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰa.mai̯.lé.ɔːn/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kʰa.mɛˈle.on/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xa.mɛˈle.on/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xa.meˈle.on/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/xa.meˈle.on/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "χαμαιλέων"
}