Χείρων

See also: χείρων

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰěː.rɔːn/ → /ˈçi.ron/ → /ˈçi.ron/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰěː.rɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkʰi.ron/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.ron/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.ron/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈçi.ron/

Proper noun

Χείρων • (Kheírōn) m (genitive Χείρωνος); third declension

1. (Greek mythology) Cheiron; Chiron
   • Suid., Suda chi.267^[1]

Declension

Third declension of ὁ Χείρων; τοῦ Χείρωνος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Χείρων ho Kheírōn
Genitive	τοῦ Χείρωνος toû Kheírōnos
Dative	τῷ Χείρωνῐ tôi Kheírōni
Accusative	τὸν Χείρωνᾰ tòn Kheírōna
Vocative	Χείρων Kheírōn
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Χείρων (Cheíron)
• Latin: Chīrōn, Cheirōn
• Armenian: Քիրոն (Kʿiron)
• Georgian: ქირონი (kironi)
• Russian: Хиро́н (Xirón)

References

• “Χείρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Χείρων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Χείρων”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006