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 • (onukhistḗrion) 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 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
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