chamaemelon

== Latin == === Alternative forms === camomilla (Late Latin) chamaemēlum === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek χᾰμαίμηλον (khămaímēlon), from χαμαί (khamaí, “near the ground”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”). So called because of the apple-like scent of the plant. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʰa.mae̯ˈmeː.ɫɔn] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ka.meˈmɛː.lon] === Noun === chamaemēlon n (genitive chamaemēlī); second declension camomile ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type). === References === “chamaemelon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “chamaemelon”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.