enchiridion

See also: ἐγχειρίδιον

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐγχειρίδιον (enkheirídion), from ἐν (en, “in”) + χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + a neuter suffix.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɛn.kaɪˈɹɪ.dɪ.ən/
• Hyphenation: en‧chi‧ri‧di‧on
• Rhymes: -ɪdiən

Noun

enchiridion (plural enchiridions or enchiridia)

1. 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.

2. A dagger.

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐγχειρίδιον (enkheirídion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /en.kʰiːˈri.di.on/, [ɛŋkʰiːˈrɪd̪iɔn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /en.kiˈri.di.on/, [eŋkiˈriːd̪ion]

Noun

enchīridion n (genitive enchīridiī); second declension

1. a manual

Declension

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

• “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