ἀντίχειρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓ντῐ- (ăntĭ-, “anti-”) +‎ χείρ (kheír, “hand, arm”), due to the thumb's opposable nature.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.ti.kʰěːr/ → /an.tiˈçir/ → /an.diˈçir/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.ti.kʰěːr/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /an.tiˈkʰir/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /an.tiˈçir/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /an.tiˈçir/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /an.diˈçir/

Noun

ᾰ̓ντῐ́χειρ • (ăntĭ́kheir) m (genitive ἀντίχειρος); third declension

1. thumb (as being opposite to the other fingers)

Declension

Third declension of ὁ ᾰ̓ντῐ́χειρ; τοῦ ᾰ̓ντῐ́χειρος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ᾰ̓ντῐ́χειρ ho ăntĭ́kheir	τὼ ᾰ̓ντῐ́χειρε tṑ ăntĭ́kheire	οἱ ᾰ̓ντῐ́χειρες hoi ăntĭ́kheires
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓ντῐ́χειρος toû ăntĭ́kheiros	τοῖν ᾰ̓ντῐχείροιν toîn ăntĭkheíroin	τῶν ᾰ̓ντῐχείρων tôn ăntĭkheírōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓ντῐ́χειρῐ tōî ăntĭ́kheirĭ	τοῖν ᾰ̓ντῐχείροιν toîn ăntĭkheíroin	τοῖς ᾰ̓ντῐ́χειρσῐ / ᾰ̓ντῐ́χειρσῐν toîs ăntĭ́kheirsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν ᾰ̓ντῐ́χειρᾰ tòn ăntĭ́kheiră	τὼ ᾰ̓ντῐ́χειρε tṑ ăntĭ́kheire	τοὺς ᾰ̓ντῐ́χειρᾰς toùs ăntĭ́kheirăs
Vocative	ᾰ̓ντῐ́χειρ ăntĭ́kheir	ᾰ̓ντῐ́χειρε ăntĭ́kheire	ᾰ̓ντῐ́χειρες ăntĭ́kheires
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αντίχειρας (antícheiras)

Further reading

• “ἀντίχειρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀντίχειρ” in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• “ἀντίχειρ” in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀντίχειρ in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• ἀντίχειρ, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011