ἐγχειρίδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Nominalised neuter form of ἐγχειρίδιος (enkheirídios, “fitting in the hand”) derived from χείρ (kheír, “hand”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐγχειρῐ́δῐον • (enkheirĭ́dĭon) n (genitive ἐγχειρῐδῐ́ου); second declension

  1. a handbook, a manual.
  2. a dagger.

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐγχειρῐ́δῐον; τοῦ ἐγχειρῐδῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἐγχειρῐ́δῐον
tò enkheirĭ́dĭon 		τὼ ἐγχειρῐδῐ́ω
tṑ enkheirĭdĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ἐγχειρῐ́δῐᾰ
tằ enkheirĭ́dĭă
Genitive τοῦ ἐγχειρῐδῐ́ου
toû enkheirĭdĭ́ou 		τοῖν ἐγχειρῐδῐ́οιν
toîn enkheirĭdĭ́oin 		τῶν ἐγχειρῐδῐ́ων
tôn enkheirĭdĭ́ōn
Dative τῷ ἐγχειρῐδῐ́ῳ
tōî enkheirĭdĭ́ōi 		τοῖν ἐγχειρῐδῐ́οιν
toîn enkheirĭdĭ́oin 		τοῖς ἐγχειρῐδῐ́οις
toîs enkheirĭdĭ́ois
Accusative τὸ ἐγχειρῐ́δῐον
tò enkheirĭ́dĭon 		τὼ ἐγχειρῐδῐ́ω
tṑ enkheirĭdĭ́ō 		τᾰ̀ ἐγχειρῐ́δῐᾰ
tằ enkheirĭ́dĭă
Vocative ἐγχειρῐ́δῐον
enkheirĭ́dĭon 		ἐγχειρῐδῐ́ω
enkheirĭdĭ́ō 		ἐγχειρῐ́δῐᾰ
enkheirĭ́dĭă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → English: enchiridion
  • → Greek: εγχειρίδιο (encheirídio) (learned)
  • → Latin: enchiridion

Further reading

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