χειρονόμος

Ancient Greek
FWOTD – 22 November 2014

Etymology

From χείρ (kheír, “hand”) +‎ νόμος (nómos) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

χειρονόμος • (kheironómos) m (genitive χειρονόμου); second declension

  1. (hapax legomenon) one who moves the hands in pantomimic gestures, a posture-master
    • Hesychius Χ

Inflection
Second declension of ὁ χειρονόμος; τοῦ χειρονόμου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ χειρονόμος
ho kheironómos		 τὼ χειρονόμω
tṑ kheironómō		 οἱ χειρονόμοι
hoi kheironómoi
Genitive τοῦ χειρονόμου
toû kheironómou		 τοῖν χειρονόμοιν
toîn kheironómoin		 τῶν χειρονόμων
tôn kheironómōn
Dative τῷ χειρονόμῳ
tôi kheironómōi		 τοῖν χειρονόμοιν
toîn kheironómoin		 τοῖς χειρονόμοις
toîs kheironómois
Accusative τὸν χειρονόμον
tòn kheironómon		 τὼ χειρονόμω
tṑ kheironómō		 τοὺς χειρονόμους
toùs kheironómous
Vocative χειρονόμε
kheironóme		 χειρονόμω
kheironómō		 χειρονόμοι
kheironómoi
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms
  • ὀρχηστής (orkhēstḗs)

Further reading
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