ὀνυχιστήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὀνυχόω (onukhóō, “to make like a nail”) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.ny.kʰis.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /o.ny.çisˈti.ri.on/ → /o.ni.çisˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.ny.kʰis.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.ny.kʰisˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.ny.çisˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.ny.çisˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.ni.çisˈti.ri.on/

Noun

ὀνῠχῐστήρῐον • (onŭkhĭstḗrĭon) n (genitive ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ου); second declension

1. nail scissors

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ὀνῠχῐστήρῐον; τοῦ ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ὀνῠχῐστήρῐον tò onŭkhĭstḗrĭon	τὼ ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ω tṑ onŭkhĭstērĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ὀνῠχῐστήρῐᾰ tằ onŭkhĭstḗrĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ου toû onŭkhĭstērĭ́ou	τοῖν ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́οιν toîn onŭkhĭstērĭ́oin	τῶν ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ων tôn onŭkhĭstērĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ῳ tôi onŭkhĭstērĭ́ōi	τοῖν ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́οιν toîn onŭkhĭstērĭ́oin	τοῖς ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́οις toîs onŭkhĭstērĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ὀνῠχῐστήρῐον tò onŭkhĭstḗrĭon	τὼ ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ω tṑ onŭkhĭstērĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ὀνῠχῐστήρῐᾰ tằ onŭkhĭstḗrĭă
Vocative	ὀνῠχῐστήρῐον onŭkhĭstḗrĭon	ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ω onŭkhĭstērĭ́ō	ὀνῠχῐστήρῐᾰ onŭkhĭstḗrĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

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