ὀνυχιστήριον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ὀνυχόω (onukhóō, “to make like a nail”) + -τήριον (-tḗrion).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /o.ny.kʰis.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /o.ny.kʰisˈte̝.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /o.ny.çisˈti.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /o.ny.çisˈti.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /o.ni.çisˈti.ri.on/
Noun
ὀνῠχῐστήρῐον • (onukhistḗrion) n (genitive ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ου); second declension
- nail scissors
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ὀνῠχῐστήρῐον; τοῦ ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ὀνῠχῐστήρῐον tò onukhistḗrion | τὼ ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ω tṑ onukhistēríō | τᾰ̀ ὀνῠχῐστήρῐᾰ tà onukhistḗria | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ου toû onukhistēríou | τοῖν ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́οιν toîn onukhistēríoin | τῶν ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ων tôn onukhistēríōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ῳ tôi onukhistēríōi | τοῖν ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́οιν toîn onukhistēríoin | τοῖς ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́οις toîs onukhistēríois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ὀνῠχῐστήρῐον tò onukhistḗrion | τὼ ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ω tṑ onukhistēríō | τᾰ̀ ὀνῠχῐστήρῐᾰ tà onukhistḗria | ||||||||||
Vocative | ὀνῠχῐστήρῐον onukhistḗrion | ὀνῠχῐστηρῐ́ω onukhistēríō | ὀνῠχῐστήρῐᾰ onukhistḗria | ||||||||||
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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