ἀρχιδιάκονος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρχῐ- (arkhi-, “chief”) +‎ δῐᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “deacon”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.di.ǎː.ko.nos/ → /ar.çi.ðiˈa.ko.nos/ → /ar.çi.ðiˈa.ko.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.di.ǎː.ko.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.diˈa.ko.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.ðiˈa.ko.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.ðiˈa.ko.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.ðiˈa.ko.nos/

Noun

ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονος • (arkhidiā́konos) m (genitive ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνου); second declension

1. chief deacon

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονος; τοῦ ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονος ho arkhidiā́konos	τὼ ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνω tṑ arkhidiākónō	οἱ ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονοι hoi arkhidiā́konoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνου toû arkhidiākónou	τοῖν ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνοιν toîn arkhidiākónoin	τῶν ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνων tôn arkhidiākónōn
Dative	τῷ ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνῳ tôi arkhidiākónōi	τοῖν ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνοιν toîn arkhidiākónoin	τοῖς ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνοις toîs arkhidiākónois
Accusative	τὸν ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονον tòn arkhidiā́konon	τὼ ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνω tṑ arkhidiākónō	τοὺς ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνους toùs arkhidiākónous
Vocative	ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονε arkhidiā́kone	ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνω arkhidiākónō	ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονοι arkhidiā́konoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αρχιδιάκονος (archidiákonos)
• → Latin: archidiaconus
  • → Italian: arcidiacono (calque)

Further reading

• “ἀρχιδιάκονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀρχιδιάκονος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)