νευρορράφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νεῦρον (neûron, “sinew, nerve”) +‎ ῥάπτω (rháptō, “to sew, stitch”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /neu̯.ror̥.r̥á.pʰos/ → /ne.βrorˈra.ɸos/ → /ne.vroˈra.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /neu̯.ror̥.r̥á.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /new.rorˈra.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ne.βrorˈra.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ne.vrorˈra.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ne.vroˈra.fos/

Noun

νευρορρᾰ́φος • (neurorrháphos) m (genitive νευρορρᾰ́φου); second declension

1. one who stitches with sinews, mender of shoes, cobbler
2. one who makes strings for the lyre

Declension

Second declension of ὁ νευρορρᾰ́φος; τοῦ νευρορρᾰ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νευρορρᾰ́φος ho neurorrháphos	τὼ νευρορρᾰ́φω tṑ neurorrháphō	οἱ νευρορρᾰ́φοι hoi neurorrháphoi
Genitive	τοῦ νευρορρᾰ́φου toû neurorrháphou	τοῖν νευρορρᾰ́φοιν toîn neurorrháphoin	τῶν νευρορρᾰ́φων tôn neurorrháphōn
Dative	τῷ νευρορρᾰ́φῳ tôi neurorrháphōi	τοῖν νευρορρᾰ́φοιν toîn neurorrháphoin	τοῖς νευρορρᾰ́φοις toîs neurorrháphois
Accusative	τὸν νευρορρᾰ́φον tòn neurorrháphon	τὼ νευρορρᾰ́φω tṑ neurorrháphō	τοὺς νευρορρᾰ́φους toùs neurorrháphous
Vocative	νευρορρᾰ́φε neurorrháphe	νευρορρᾰ́φω neurorrháphō	νευρορρᾰ́φοι neurorrháphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• νευρορρᾰφέω (neurorrhaphéō)
• νευρορρᾰφῐκός (neurorrhaphikós)
• νευρορρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (neurorrhaphíā)

 

Further reading

• “νευρορράφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νευρορράφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νευρορράφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette