χειρονόμος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- (hapax legomenon) one who moves the hands in pantomimic gestures, a posture-master
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek χείρ (hand) + Ancient Greek νόμος (law, custom, ordinance, melody).
Origin
Ancient Greek
νόμος
Gloss
law, custom, ordinance, melody
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -nomics English
- -nomy English
- chiropractor English
- nomism English
- nomo- English
- -nomi Finnish
- nomismi Finnish
- chīrūrgia Latin
- хиральность Russian
- Χειρίσοφος Ancient Greek
- αὐτόνομος Ancient Greek
- γυναικονόμος Ancient Greek
- εὐνομέομαι Ancient Greek
- μεταχειρίζω Ancient Greek
- νομίζω Ancient Greek
- νομικός Ancient Greek
- νομοθέτης Ancient Greek
- νομοφύλαξ Ancient Greek
- νόμος Ancient Greek
- παιδονόμος Ancient Greek
- χέρνιψ Ancient Greek
- χείρ Ancient Greek
- χειράγρα Ancient Greek
- χειροδόσιον Ancient Greek
- χειρομύλη Ancient Greek
- χειρουργέω Ancient Greek
- χειρουργός Ancient Greek
- χειρόνιπτρον Ancient Greek
- χειρόομαι Ancient Greek
- ἀστρονομία Ancient Greek
- ἄνομος Ancient Greek
- ἑκατόγχειρος Ancient Greek
- ἰσονομία Ancient Greek
- *nem- Proto-Indo-European
- *ǵʰésōr Proto-Indo-European
- iseanóimeacht Irish
- نَامُوس Arabic
- Δευτερονόμιο Greek (modern)
- νόμος Greek (modern)
- χειρο- Greek (modern)
- ⲛⲟⲙⲟⲥ Coptic
- נמוסא Aramaic
- ܢܳܡܘܿܣܳܐ Classical Syriac
- χέριον grc-koi
- 𐫗𐫇𐫖 Sogdian
- ᠨᠤᠮ Old Uyghur