Χειρίσοφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χείρ (kheír, “hand”) +‎ σοφός (sophós, “skillful”).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Χειρῐ́σοφος • (Kheirísophos) m (genitive Χειρῐσόφου); second declension

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Cheirisophus, Chirisophus

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ Χειρῐ́σοφος; τοῦ Χειρῐσόφου (Attic)
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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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
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