ἄρχανος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἄρχαρνος (árkharnos)

Etymology

According to Beekes, of Pre-Greek origin and related to other fish names, such as ἀχάρνας (akhárnas, “sea bass”) and Latin acernia (“grouper”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ár.kʰa.nos/ → /ˈar.xa.nos/ → /ˈar.xa.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ár.kʰa.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈar.kʰa.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.xa.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.xa.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈar.xa.nos/

Noun

ἄρχᾰνος • (árkhanos) m (genitive ἀρχᾰ́νου); second declension

1. unknown kind of seafish mentioned by Aristotle

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἄρχᾰνος; τοῦ ἀρχᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἄρχᾰνος ho árkhanos	τὼ ἀρχᾰ́νω tṑ arkhánō	οἱ ἄρχᾰνοι hoi árkhanoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρχᾰ́νου toû arkhánou	τοῖν ἀρχᾰ́νοιν toîn arkhánoin	τῶν ἀρχᾰ́νων tôn arkhánōn
Dative	τῷ ἀρχᾰ́νῳ tôi arkhánōi	τοῖν ἀρχᾰ́νοιν toîn arkhánoin	τοῖς ἀρχᾰ́νοις toîs arkhánois
Accusative	τὸν ἄρχᾰνον tòn árkhanon	τὼ ἀρχᾰ́νω tṑ arkhánō	τοὺς ἀρχᾰ́νους toùs arkhánous
Vocative	ἄρχᾰνε árkhane	ἀρχᾰ́νω arkhánō	ἄρχᾰνοι árkhanoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• ἄρχανος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN