χωρογράφος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From χώρα (khṓra, “country, nation”) + -γράφος (-gráphos, “writer, painter”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kʰɔː.ro.ɡrá.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kʰo.roˈɡra.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /xo.roˈɣra.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /xo.roˈɣra.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /xo.roˈɣra.fos/
Adjective
χωρογρᾰ́φος • (khōrogrắphos) m or f (neuter χωρογρᾰ́φον); second declension
- describing countries
Inflection
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | χωρογρᾰ́φος khōrogrắphos |
χωρογρᾰ́φον khōrogrắphon |
χωρογρᾰ́φω khōrogrắphō |
χωρογρᾰ́φω khōrogrắphō |
χωρογρᾰ́φοι khōrogrắphoi |
χωρογρᾰ́φᾰ khōrogrắphă | ||||||||
| Genitive | χωρογρᾰ́φου khōrogrắphou |
χωρογρᾰ́φου khōrogrắphou |
χωρογρᾰ́φοιν khōrogrắphoin |
χωρογρᾰ́φοιν khōrogrắphoin |
χωρογρᾰ́φων khōrogrắphōn |
χωρογρᾰ́φων khōrogrắphōn | ||||||||
| Dative | χωρογρᾰ́φῳ khōrogrắphōi |
χωρογρᾰ́φῳ khōrogrắphōi |
χωρογρᾰ́φοιν khōrogrắphoin |
χωρογρᾰ́φοιν khōrogrắphoin |
χωρογρᾰ́φοις khōrogrắphois |
χωρογρᾰ́φοις khōrogrắphois | ||||||||
| Accusative | χωρογρᾰ́φον khōrogrắphon |
χωρογρᾰ́φον khōrogrắphon |
χωρογρᾰ́φω khōrogrắphō |
χωρογρᾰ́φω khōrogrắphō |
χωρογρᾰ́φους khōrogrắphous |
χωρογρᾰ́φᾰ khōrogrắphă | ||||||||
| Vocative | χωρογρᾰ́φε khōrogrắphe |
χωρογρᾰ́φον khōrogrắphon |
χωρογρᾰ́φω khōrogrắphō |
χωρογρᾰ́φω khōrogrắphō |
χωρογρᾰ́φοι khōrogrắphoi |
χωρογρᾰ́φᾰ khōrogrắphă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| χωρογρᾰ́φως khōrogrắphōs |
χωρογρᾰφώτερος khōrogrăphṓteros |
χωρογρᾰφώτᾰτος khōrogrăphṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Noun
χωρογρᾰ́φος • (khōrogrắphos) m (genitive χωρογρᾰ́φου); second declension
- one who describes countries
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ χωρογρᾰ́φος ho khōrogrắphos |
τὼ χωρογρᾰ́φω tṑ khōrogrắphō |
οἱ χωρογρᾰ́φοι hoi khōrogrắphoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ χωρογρᾰ́φου toû khōrogrắphou |
τοῖν χωρογρᾰ́φοιν toîn khōrogrắphoin |
τῶν χωρογρᾰ́φων tôn khōrogrắphōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ χωρογρᾰ́φῳ tōî khōrogrắphōi |
τοῖν χωρογρᾰ́φοιν toîn khōrogrắphoin |
τοῖς χωρογρᾰ́φοις toîs khōrogrắphois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν χωρογρᾰ́φον tòn khōrogrắphon |
τὼ χωρογρᾰ́φω tṑ khōrogrắphō |
τοὺς χωρογρᾰ́φους toùs khōrogrắphous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | χωρογρᾰ́φε khōrogrắphe |
χωρογρᾰ́φω khōrogrắphō |
χωρογρᾰ́φοι khōrogrắphoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- χωρογρᾰφέω (khōrogrăphéō)
- χωρογρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (khōrogrăphĭ́ā)
- χωρογρᾰφῐκός (khōrogrăphĭkós)
Descendants
- → Catalan: corògraf
- → Italian: corografo
- → Portuguese: corógráfo
- → Spanish: corógráfo
Further reading
- “χωρογράφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- χωρογράφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette