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χειρονόμος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: χειρονόμος χειρονόμου

Structure: χειρονομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. one who moves the hands in pantomimic gestures, a posture-master

Declension

Second declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative χειρονόμος χειρονόμω χειρονόμοι
Genitive χειρονόμου χειρονόμοιν χειρονόμων
Dative χειρονόμῳ χειρονόμοιν χειρονόμοις
Accusative χειρονόμον χειρονόμω χειρονόμους
Vocative χειρονόμε χειρονόμω χειρονόμοι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὠρχήσατο γὰρ πιθανῶσ τὴν πυρρίχην καὶ χειρονομῶν ἐν ταῖσ παλαίστραισ ἐδόκει διαφέρειν τῶν παίδων. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 2:2)

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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