ὀνυχιστήριον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὀνυχόω (onukhóō, “to make like a nail”) + -τήριον (-tḗrion).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.ny.kʰis.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /o.ny.kʰisˈte̝.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.ny.çisˈti.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.ny.çisˈti.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.ni.çisˈti.ri.on/
Noun
ὀνῠχῐστήρῐον • (onŭkhĭstḗrĭon) n (genitive ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ὀνῠχῐστήρῐον tò onŭkhĭstḗrĭon |
τὼ ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ω tṑ onŭkhĭstērĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ὀνῠχῐστήρῐᾰ tằ onŭkhĭstḗrĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ου toû onŭkhĭstērĭ́ou |
τοῖν ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́οιν toîn onŭkhĭstērĭ́oin |
τῶν ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ων tôn onŭkhĭstērĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ῳ tōî onŭkhĭstērĭ́ōi |
τοῖν ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́οιν toîn onŭkhĭstērĭ́oin |
τοῖς ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́οις toîs onŭkhĭstērĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ὀνῠχῐστήρῐον tò onŭkhĭstḗrĭon |
τὼ ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ω tṑ onŭkhĭstērĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ὀνῠχῐστήρῐᾰ tằ onŭkhĭstḗrĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ὀνῠχῐστήρῐον onŭkhĭstḗrĭon |
ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ω onŭkhĭstērĭ́ō |
ὀνῠχῐστήρῐᾰ onŭkhĭstḗrĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὀνυχιστήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ὀνυχιστήριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette