χειρονόμος

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 22 November 2014

Etymology

From χείρ (kheír, “hand”) +‎ νόμος (nómos) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

χειρονόμος • (kheironómos) m (genitive χειρονόμου); second declension

  1. (hapax legomenon) one who moves the hands in pantomimic gestures, a posture-master
    • Hesychius Χ

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ χειρονόμος; τοῦ χειρονόμου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ χειρονόμος
ho kheironómos 		τὼ χειρονόμω
tṑ kheironómō 		οἱ χειρονόμοι
hoi kheironómoi
Genitive τοῦ χειρονόμου
toû kheironómou 		τοῖν χειρονόμοιν
toîn kheironómoin 		τῶν χειρονόμων
tôn kheironómōn
Dative τῷ χειρονόμῳ
tōî kheironómōi 		τοῖν χειρονόμοιν
toîn kheironómoin 		τοῖς χειρονόμοις
toîs kheironómois
Accusative τὸν χειρονόμον
tòn kheironómon 		τὼ χειρονόμω
tṑ kheironómō 		τοὺς χειρονόμους
toùs kheironómous
Vocative χειρονόμε
kheironóme 		χειρονόμω
kheironómō 		χειρονόμοι
kheironómoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

  • ὀρχηστής (orkhēstḗs)

Further reading

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