ἀρχάγγελος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “arch-”) +‎ ἄγγελος (ángelos, “angel, messenger”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.kʰáŋ.ɡe.los/ → /arˈxaɲ.ɟe.los/ → /arˈxaɲ.ɟe.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰáŋ.ɡe.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /arˈkʰaŋ.ɡe.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈxaɲ.ɟe.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈxaɲ.ɟe.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈxaɲ.ɟe.los/

Noun

ἀρχᾰ́γγελος • (arkhángelos) m (genitive ἀρχᾰγγέλου); second declension

1. archangel

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀρχᾰ́γγελος; τοῦ ἀρχᾰγγέλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀρχᾰ́γγελος ho arkhángelos	τὼ ἀρχᾰγγέλω tṑ arkhangélō	οἱ ἀρχᾰ́γγελοι hoi arkhángeloi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρχᾰγγέλου toû arkhangélou	τοῖν ἀρχᾰγγέλοιν toîn arkhangéloin	τῶν ἀρχᾰγγέλων tôn arkhangélōn
Dative	τῷ ἀρχᾰγγέλῳ tôi arkhangélōi	τοῖν ἀρχᾰγγέλοιν toîn arkhangéloin	τοῖς ἀρχᾰγγέλοις toîs arkhangélois
Accusative	τὸν ἀρχᾰ́γγελον tòn arkhángelon	τὼ ἀρχᾰγγέλω tṑ arkhangélō	τοὺς ἀρχᾰγγέλους toùs arkhangélous
Vocative	ἀρχᾰ́γγελε arkhángele	ἀρχᾰγγέλω arkhangélō	ἀρχᾰ́γγελοι arkhángeloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀρχαγγελικός (arkhangelikós)

Descendants

• → Latin: archangelus
• → Old East Slavic: архангелъ (arxangelŭ)
• → Old Church Slavonic: арханг҄елъ (arxangʹelŭ)
  • → Belarusian: арха́нгел (arxánhjel)
  • → Romanian: arhanghel
  • → Russian: арха́нгел (arxángel)
  • → Ukrainian: арха́нгел (arxánhel)

Further reading

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