πατριάρχης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πᾰτρῐᾱ́ (patriā́) +‎ -ᾰ́ρχης (-árkhēs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.tri.ár.kʰɛːs/ → /pa.triˈar.çis/ → /pa.triˈar.çis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.tri.ár.kʰɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.triˈar.kʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.triˈar.çis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.triˈar.çis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.triˈar.çis/

Noun

πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχης • (patriárkhēs) m (genitive πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχου); first declension

1. (Judaism and Christianity) a patriarch (the father or chief of a race)
   • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, 1 Chronicles 27.22
   • Act.Ap. 2.29
   • Act.Ap. 7.8
   • Ep.Hebr. 7.4
2. (Christianity, as Πατριάρχης in titular use) a patriarch (borne as a title by the bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria)
   • 482 CE – 565 CE, Justinian, New Constitutions 3.2

Declension

First declension of ὁ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχης; τοῦ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχης ho patriárkhēs	τὼ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ patriárkhā	οἱ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχαι hoi patriárkhai
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχου toû patriárkhou	τοῖν πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχαιν toîn patriárkhain	τῶν πᾰτρῐᾰρχῶν tôn patriarkhôn
Dative	τῷ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχῃ tôi patriárkhēi	τοῖν πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχαιν toîn patriárkhain	τοῖς πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχαις toîs patriárkhais
Accusative	τὸν πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχην tòn patriárkhēn	τὼ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ patriárkhā	τοὺς πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχᾱς toùs patriárkhās
Vocative	πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχᾰ patriárkha	πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχᾱ patriárkhā	πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχαι patriárkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πᾰτρῐᾰρχῐ́ᾱ (patriarkhíā)
• πᾰτρῐᾰρχῐκός (patriarkhikós)

Descendants

• → Arabic: بَطْرَك
• → Coptic: ⲡⲁⲧⲣⲓⲁⲣⲭⲏⲥ (patriarkhēs)
• Greek: πατριάρχης (patriárchis)
• → Latin: patriarcha (see there for further descendants)

References

• “πατριάρχης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs)

Noun

πατριάρχης • (patriárchis) m (plural πατριάρχες)

1. (religion) patriarch (rank in church hierarchy)
2. (religion) patriarch (character in the Old Testament)
3. (religion) patriarch (clan chief)

Declension

Declension of πατριάρχης

	singular	plural
nominative	πατριάρχης •	πατριάρχες •
genitive	πατριάρχη •	πατριαρχών •
accusative	πατριάρχη •	πατριάρχες •
vocative	πατριάρχη •	πατριάρχες •

See also

• see: επίσκοπος m (epískopos, “bishop”)

Further reading

• πατριάρχης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el