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 • (kheirắgrā) f (genitive χειρᾰ́γρᾱς); first declension

1. (pathology) chiragra, gout in the hand

Inflection

First declension of ἡ χειρᾰ́γρᾱ; τῆς χειρᾰ́γρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ χειρᾰ́γρᾱ hē kheirắgrā	τὼ χειρᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ kheirắgrā	αἱ χειρᾰ́γραι hai kheirắgrai
Genitive	τῆς χειρᾰ́γρᾱς tês kheirắgrās	τοῖν χειρᾰ́γραιν toîn kheirắgrain	τῶν χειρᾰγρῶν tôn kheirăgrôn
Dative	τῇ χειρᾰ́γρᾳ têi kheirắgrāi	τοῖν χειρᾰ́γραιν toîn kheirắgrain	ταῖς χειρᾰ́γραις taîs kheirắgrais
Accusative	τὴν χειρᾰ́γρᾱν tḕn kheirắgrān	τὼ χειρᾰ́γρᾱ tṑ kheirắgrā	τᾱ̀ς χειρᾰ́γρᾱς tā̀s kheirắgrās
Vocative	χειρᾰ́γρᾱ kheirắgrā	χειρᾰ́γρᾱ kheirắgrā	χειρᾰ́γραι kheirắgrai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• χειρᾰγρικός (kheirăgrikós)

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