εἰρηνάρχης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εἰρηνοφύλαξ (eirēnophúlax, “policeman”) +‎ -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler, leader”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eː.rɛː.nár.kʰɛːs/ → /i.riˈnar.çis/ → /i.riˈnar.çis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.rɛː.nár.kʰɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.re̝ˈnar.kʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.riˈnar.çis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.riˈnar.çis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.riˈnar.çis/

Noun

εἰρηνᾰ́ρχης • (eirēnárkhēs) m (genitive εἰρηνᾰ́ρχου); first declension

1. police magistrate

Inflection

First declension of ὁ εἰρηνᾰ́ρχης; τοῦ εἰρηνᾰ́ρχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ εἰρηνᾰ́ρχης ho eirēnárkhēs	τὼ εἰρηνᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ eirēnárkhā	οἱ εἰρηνᾰ́ρχαι hoi eirēnárkhai
Genitive	τοῦ εἰρηνᾰ́ρχου toû eirēnárkhou	τοῖν εἰρηνᾰ́ρχαιν toîn eirēnárkhain	τῶν εἰρηνᾰρχῶν tôn eirēnarkhôn
Dative	τῷ εἰρηνᾰ́ρχῃ tôi eirēnárkhēi	τοῖν εἰρηνᾰ́ρχαιν toîn eirēnárkhain	τοῖς εἰρηνᾰ́ρχαις toîs eirēnárkhais
Accusative	τὸν εἰρηνᾰ́ρχην tòn eirēnárkhēn	τὼ εἰρηνᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ eirēnárkhā	τοὺς εἰρηνᾰ́ρχᾱς toùs eirēnárkhās
Vocative	εἰρηνᾰ́ρχη eirēnárkhē	εἰρηνᾰ́ρχᾱ eirēnárkhā	εἰρηνᾰ́ρχαι eirēnárkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εἰρηνᾰρχεῖον (eirēnarkheîon)
• εἰρηνᾰρχέω (eirēnarkhéō)
• εἰρηνᾰρχῐκός (eirēnarkhikós)

 

Further reading

• “εἰρηνάρχης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• εἰρηνάρχης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• εἰρηνάρχης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)