ἐγχειρίδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Nominalised neuter form of ἐγχειρίδιος (enkheirídios, “fitting in the hand”) derived from χείρ (kheír, “hand”).

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ἐγχειρῐ́δῐον • (enkheirídion) n (genitive ἐγχειρῐδῐ́ου); second declension

  1. a handbook, a manual.
  2. a dagger.

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἐγχειρῐ́δῐον; τοῦ ἐγχειρῐδῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ ἐγχειρῐ́δῐον
tò enkheirídion		 τὼ ἐγχειρῐδῐ́ω
tṑ enkheiridíō		 τᾰ̀ ἐγχειρῐ́δῐᾰ
tà enkheirídia
Genitive τοῦ ἐγχειρῐδῐ́ου
toû enkheiridíou		 τοῖν ἐγχειρῐδῐ́οιν
toîn enkheiridíoin		 τῶν ἐγχειρῐδῐ́ων
tôn enkheiridíōn
Dative τῷ ἐγχειρῐδῐ́ῳ
tôi enkheiridíōi		 τοῖν ἐγχειρῐδῐ́οιν
toîn enkheiridíoin		 τοῖς ἐγχειρῐδῐ́οις
toîs enkheiridíois
Accusative τὸ ἐγχειρῐ́δῐον
tò enkheirídion		 τὼ ἐγχειρῐδῐ́ω
tṑ enkheiridíō		 τᾰ̀ ἐγχειρῐ́δῐᾰ
tà enkheirídia
Vocative ἐγχειρῐ́δῐον
enkheirídion		 ἐγχειρῐδῐ́ω
enkheiridíō		 ἐγχειρῐ́δῐᾰ
enkheirídia
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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