νευρορράφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From νευρο- (neuro-, “sinew, nerve”) +‎ ῥάπτω (rháptō, “to sew, stitch”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /neu̯.ror̥.r̥á.pʰos/ → /ne.βrorˈra.ɸos/ → /ne.vroˈra.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /neu̯.ror̥.r̥á.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /new.rorˈra.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ne.βrorˈra.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ne.vrorˈra.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ne.vroˈra.fos/

Noun

νευρορρᾰ́φος • (neurorrhắphos) m (genitive νευρορρᾰ́φου); second declension

1. one who stitches with sinews, mender of shoes, cobbler
2. one who makes strings for the lyre

Declension

Second declension of ὁ νευρορρᾰ́φος; τοῦ νευρορρᾰ́φου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ νευρορρᾰ́φος ho neurorrhắphos	τὼ νευρορρᾰ́φω tṑ neurorrhắphō	οἱ νευρορρᾰ́φοι hoi neurorrhắphoi
Genitive	τοῦ νευρορρᾰ́φου toû neurorrhắphou	τοῖν νευρορρᾰ́φοιν toîn neurorrhắphoin	τῶν νευρορρᾰ́φων tôn neurorrhắphōn
Dative	τῷ νευρορρᾰ́φῳ tôi neurorrhắphōi	τοῖν νευρορρᾰ́φοιν toîn neurorrhắphoin	τοῖς νευρορρᾰ́φοις toîs neurorrhắphois
Accusative	τὸν νευρορρᾰ́φον tòn neurorrhắphon	τὼ νευρορρᾰ́φω tṑ neurorrhắphō	τοὺς νευρορρᾰ́φους toùs neurorrhắphous
Vocative	νευρορρᾰ́φε neurorrhắphe	νευρορρᾰ́φω neurorrhắphō	νευρορρᾰ́φοι neurorrhắphoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• νευρορρᾰφέω (neurorrhăphéō)
• νευρορρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (neurorrhăphĭ́ā)
• νευρορρᾰφῐκός (neurorrhăphĭkós)

Further reading

• “νευρορράφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “νευρορράφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• νευρορράφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette