ἀρθμός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀρτύς (artús)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (“to fit; to put together”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /artʰ.mós/ → /arθˈmos/ → /arθˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /artʰ.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /artʰˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arθˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arθˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arθˈmos/

Noun

ἀρθμός • (arthmós) m (genitive ἀρθμοῦ); second declension

1. bond, league, friendship

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀρθμός; τοῦ ἀρθμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀρθμός ho arthmós	τὼ ἀρθμώ tṑ arthmṓ	οἱ ἀρθμοί hoi arthmoí
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρθμοῦ toû arthmoû	τοῖν ἀρθμοῖν toîn arthmoîn	τῶν ἀρθμῶν tôn arthmôn
Dative	τῷ ἀρθμῷ tôi arthmôi	τοῖν ἀρθμοῖν toîn arthmoîn	τοῖς ἀρθμοῖς toîs arthmoîs
Accusative	τὸν ἀρθμόν tòn arthmón	τὼ ἀρθμώ tṑ arthmṓ	τοὺς ἀρθμούς toùs arthmoús
Vocative	ἀρθμέ arthmé	ἀρθμώ arthmṓ	ἀρθμοί arthmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἀρθμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀρθμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀρθμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀρθμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)