Χειρίσοφος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + σοφός (sophós, “skillful”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰeː.rí.so.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰiˈri.so.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /çiˈri.so.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /çiˈri.so.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /çiˈri.so.fos/
Proper noun
Χειρῐ́σοφος • (Kheirísophos) m (genitive Χειρῐσόφου); second declension
- a male given name, equivalent to English Cheirisophus, Chirisophus
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ Χειρῐ́σοφος ho Kheirísophos |
τὼ Χειρῐσόφω tṑ Kheirisóphō |
οἱ Χειρῐ́σοφοι hoi Kheirísophoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Χειρῐσόφου toû Kheirisóphou |
τοῖν Χειρῐσόφοιν toîn Kheirisóphoin |
τῶν Χειρῐσόφων tôn Kheirisóphōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Χειρῐσόφῳ tôi Kheirisóphōi |
τοῖν Χειρῐσόφοιν toîn Kheirisóphoin |
τοῖς Χειρῐσόφοις toîs Kheirisóphois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Χειρῐ́σοφον tòn Kheirísophon |
τὼ Χειρῐσόφω tṑ Kheirisóphō |
τοὺς Χειρῐσόφους toùs Kheirisóphous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Χειρῐ́σοφε Kheirísophe |
Χειρῐσόφω Kheirisóphō |
Χειρῐ́σοφοι Kheirísophoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Χειρίσοφος (Cheirísofos)
- → Latin: Chirisophus
- English: Cheirisophus, Chirisophus
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006