χειράγρα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From χείρ (kheír, “hand”) +‎ ἄγρᾱ (ágrā, “catching”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kʰeː.rá.ɡraː/ → /çiˈra.ɣra/ → /çiˈra.ɣra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kʰeː.rá.ɡraː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kʰiˈra.ɡra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /çiˈra.ɣra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /çiˈra.ɣra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /çiˈra.ɣra/

Noun

χειρᾰ́γρᾱ • (kheirágrā) f (genitive χειρᾰ́γρᾱς); first declension

1. (pathology) chiragra, gout in the hand

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χειρᾰ́γρᾱ hē kheirágrā	τὼ χειρᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ kheirágrā	αἱ χειρᾰ́γραι hai kheirágrai
Genitive	τῆς χειρᾰ́γρᾱς tês kheirágrās	τοῖν χειρᾰ́γραιν toîn kheirágrain	τῶν χειρᾰγρῶν tôn kheiragrôn
Dative	τῇ χειρᾰ́γρᾳ têi kheirágrāi	τοῖν χειρᾰ́γραιν toîn kheirágrain	ταῖς χειρᾰ́γραις taîs kheirágrais
Accusative	τὴν χειρᾰ́γρᾱν tḕn kheirágrān	τὼ χειρᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ kheirágrā	τᾱ̀ς χειρᾰ́γρᾱς tā̀s kheirágrās
Vocative	χειρᾰ́γρᾱ kheirágrā	χειρᾰ́γρᾱ kheirágrā	χειρᾰ́γραι kheirágrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of ἡ χειρᾰ́γρᾱ; τῆς χειρᾰ́γρᾱς (Attic)

Derived terms

• χειρᾰγρικός (kheiragrikós)

Descendants

• → Latin: chīragra
  • → English: chiragra

References

• “χειράγρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• χειράγρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette