Χειρίσοφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χείρ (kheír, “hand”) +‎ σοφός (sophós, “skillful”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰeː.rí.so.pʰos/ → /çiˈri.so.ɸos/ → /çiˈri.so.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰeː.rí.so.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰiˈri.so.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çiˈri.so.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çiˈri.so.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çiˈri.so.fos/

Proper noun

Χειρῐ́σοφος • (Kheirísophos) m (genitive Χειρῐσόφου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Cheirisophus, Chirisophus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Χειρῐ́σοφος; τοῦ Χειρῐσόφου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Χειρῐ́σοφος ho Kheirísophos	τὼ Χειρῐσόφω tṑ Kheirisóphō	οἱ Χειρῐ́σοφοι hoi Kheirísophoi
Genitive	τοῦ Χειρῐσόφου toû Kheirisóphou	τοῖν Χειρῐσόφοιν toîn Kheirisóphoin	τῶν Χειρῐσόφων tôn Kheirisóphōn
Dative	τῷ Χειρῐσόφῳ tôi Kheirisóphōi	τοῖν Χειρῐσόφοιν toîn Kheirisóphoin	τοῖς Χειρῐσόφοις toîs Kheirisóphois
Accusative	τὸν Χειρῐ́σοφον tòn Kheirísophon	τὼ Χειρῐσόφω tṑ Kheirisóphō	τοὺς Χειρῐσόφους toùs Kheirisóphous
Vocative	Χειρῐ́σοφε Kheirísophe	Χειρῐσόφω Kheirisóphō	Χειρῐ́σοφοι Kheirísophoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Χειρίσοφος (Cheirísofos)
• → Latin: Chirisophus
  • English: Cheirisophus, Chirisophus

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,006