Χειρίσοφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Χειρῐ́σοφος • (Kheirĭ́sophos) 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 Kheirĭ́sophos 		τὼ Χειρῐσόφω
tṑ Kheirĭsóphō 		οἱ Χειρῐ́σοφοι
hoi Kheirĭ́sophoi
Genitive τοῦ Χειρῐσόφου
toû Kheirĭsóphou 		τοῖν Χειρῐσόφοιν
toîn Kheirĭsóphoin 		τῶν Χειρῐσόφων
tôn Kheirĭsóphōn
Dative τῷ Χειρῐσόφῳ
tōî Kheirĭsóphōi 		τοῖν Χειρῐσόφοιν
toîn Kheirĭsóphoin 		τοῖς Χειρῐσόφοις
toîs Kheirĭsóphois
Accusative τὸν Χειρῐ́σοφον
tòn Kheirĭ́sophon 		τὼ Χειρῐσόφω
tṑ Kheirĭsóphō 		τοὺς Χειρῐσόφους
toùs Kheirĭsóphous
Vocative Χειρῐ́σοφε
Kheirĭ́sophe 		Χειρῐσόφω
Kheirĭsóphō 		Χειρῐ́σοφοι
Kheirĭ́sophoi
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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006
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