enchiridion
See also: ἐγχειρίδιον
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐγχειρίδιον (enkheirídion), from ἐν (en, “in”) + χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + a neuter suffix.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɛn.kaɪˈɹɪ.dɪ.ən/
- Hyphenation: en‧chi‧ri‧di‧on
- Rhymes: -ɪdiən
Noun
enchiridion (plural enchiridions or enchiridia)
- A handbook or manual.
- 2009, Thomas Keymer, The Cambridge Companion to Laurence Sterne, page 27:
- If they queried the predictabilities and completions of story, Swift and Sterne were yet more suspicious of the totalisations and regularities of imposed rules, institutes, universal systems, cyclopaedias and enchiridions.
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- A dagger.[1]
References
- Milton, John. Thomas White, ed. Areopagitica: A Speech to the Parliament of England, for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, pp. 115 f., n. 4. R. Hunter, 1819.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐγχειρίδιον (enkheirídion).
Noun
enchīridion n (genitive enchīridiī); second declension
- a manual
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | enchīridion | enchīridia |
| Genitive | enchīridiī | enchīridiōrum |
| Dative | enchīridiō | enchīridiīs |
| Accusative | enchīridion | enchīridia |
| Ablative | enchīridiō | enchīridiīs |
| Vocative | enchīridion | enchīridia |
References
- “enchiridion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- enchiridion in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016