χειράγρα
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἄγρᾱ (ágrā, “catching”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰeː.rá.ɡraː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰiˈra.ɡra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /çiˈra.ɣra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /çiˈra.ɣra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /çiˈra.ɣra/
Noun
χειρᾰ́γρᾱ • (kheirắgrā) f (genitive χειρᾰ́γρᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ χειρᾰ́γρᾱ hē kheirắgrā |
τὼ χειρᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ kheirắgrā |
αἱ χειρᾰ́γραι hai kheirắgrai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς χειρᾰ́γρᾱς tês kheirắgrās |
τοῖν χειρᾰ́γραιν toîn kheirắgrain |
τῶν χειρᾰγρῶν tôn kheirăgrôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ χειρᾰ́γρᾳ tēî kheirắgrāi |
τοῖν χειρᾰ́γραιν toîn kheirắgrain |
ταῖς χειρᾰ́γραις taîs kheirắgrais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν χειρᾰ́γρᾱν tḕn kheirắgrān |
τὼ χειρᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ kheirắgrā |
τᾱ̀ς χειρᾰ́γρᾱς tā̀s kheirắgrās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χειρᾰ́γρᾱ kheirắgrā |
χειρᾰ́γρᾱ kheirắgrā |
χειρᾰ́γραι kheirắgrai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- χειρᾰγρικός (kheirăgrikós)
Descendants
References
- “χειράγρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χειράγρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette