ἀρχός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

See ἄρχω (árkhō, “I begin, I am first, I rule”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.kʰós/ → /arˈxos/ → /arˈxos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /arˈkʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈxos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈxos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈxos/

Noun

ἀρχός • (arkhós) m (genitive ἀρχοῦ); second declension

1. ruler, leader, prince

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀρχός; τοῦ ἀρχοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀρχός ho arkhós	τὼ ἀρχώ tṑ arkhṓ	οἱ ἀρχοί hoi arkhoí
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρχοῦ toû arkhoû	τοῖν ἀρχοῖν toîn arkhoîn	τῶν ἀρχῶν tôn arkhôn
Dative	τῷ ἀρχῷ tôi arkhôi	τοῖν ἀρχοῖν toîn arkhoîn	τοῖς ἀρχοῖς toîs arkhoîs
Accusative	τὸν ἀρχόν tòn arkhón	τὼ ἀρχώ tṑ arkhṓ	τοὺς ἀρχούς toùs arkhoús
Vocative	ἀρχέ arkhé	ἀρχώ arkhṓ	ἀρχοί arkhoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πολέμαρχος (polémarkhos)
• ναύαρχος (naúarkhos)
• τριήραρχος (triḗrarkhos)
• ἵππαρχος (hípparkhos)
• ἴλαρχος (ílarkhos)
• τόξαρχος (tóxarkhos)

Related terms

• ἄρχων (árkhōn)

Further reading

• “ἀρχός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀρχός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ἀρχός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ἀρχός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀρχός in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• ἀρχός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀρχός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• “ἀρχός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011