chirographum

chirographum

Latin

Etymology

    Borrowed from Ancient Greek χειρόγραφος (kheirógraphos).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    chīrographum n (genitive chīrographī); second declension

    1. one's handwriting; autograph
    2. manuscript

    Declension

    Second-declension noun (neuter).

    singular plural
    nominative chīrographum chīrographa
    genitive chīrographī chīrographōrum
    dative chīrographō chīrographīs
    accusative chīrographum chīrographa
    ablative chīrographō chīrographīs
    vocative chīrographum chīrographa

    Descendants

    • Old French: cyrografe
    • Old English: cyrographum
    • Italian: chirografo
    • German: Chirograph
    • Polish: cyrograf

    References

    • chirographum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • chirographum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "chirographum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • chirographum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • chirographum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • chirographum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin