enchiridion
See also: ἐγχειρίδιον
English edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἐγχειρίδιον (enkheirídion), from ἐν (en, “in”) + χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + a neuter suffix.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɛn.kaɪˈɹɪ.dɪ.ən/
- Hyphenation: en‧chi‧ri‧di‧on
- Rhymes: -ɪdiən
Noun edit
enchiridion (plural enchiridions or enchiridia)
- A handbook or manual.
- 2009, Thomas Keymer, The Cambridge Companion to Laurence Sterne, page 27:
- If they queried the predictabilities and completions of story, Swift and Sterne were yet more suspicious of the totalisations and regularities of imposed rules, institutes, universal systems, cyclopaedias and enchiridions.
- A dagger.[1]
References edit
- ^ Milton, John. Thomas White, ed. Areopagitica: A Speech to the Parliament of England, for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, pp. 115 f., n. 4. R. Hunter, 1819.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἐγχειρίδιον (enkheirídion).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /en.kʰiːˈri.di.on/, [ɛŋkʰiːˈrɪd̪iɔn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /en.kiˈri.di.on/, [eŋkiˈriːd̪ion]
Noun edit
enchīridion n (genitive enchīridiī); second declension
- a manual
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | enchīridion | enchīridia |
| Genitive | enchīridiī | enchīridiōrum |
| Dative | enchīridiō | enchīridiīs |
| Accusative | enchīridion | enchīridia |
| Ablative | enchīridiō | enchīridiīs |
| Vocative | enchīridion | enchīridia |
References edit
- “enchiridion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- enchiridion in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016