ἀρχισυνάγωγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρχι (arkhi, “chief”) +‎ σῠνᾰγωγή (sunagōgḗ, “synagogue”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.sy.ná.ɡɔː.ɡos/ → /ar.çi.syˈna.ɣo.ɣos/ → /ar.çi.siˈna.ɣo.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.sy.ná.ɡɔː.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.syˈna.ɡo.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.syˈna.ɣo.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.syˈna.ɣo.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.siˈna.ɣo.ɣos/

Noun

ἀρχισῠνᾰ́γωγος • (arkhisunágōgos) m (genitive ἀρχισῠνᾰγώγου); second declension

1. the president, director, or ruler of a synagogue
   • Ev., Marc. 5.22
   • IG14 2304
2. master of a guild or company
   • IGRom. 1.782

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἀρχῐσῠνᾰ́γωγος; τοῦ ἀρχῐσῠνᾰγώγου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀρχῐσῠνᾰ́γωγος ho arkhisunágōgos	τὼ ἀρχῐσῠνᾰγώγω tṑ arkhisunagṓgō	οἱ ἀρχῐσῠνᾰ́γωγοι hoi arkhisunágōgoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρχῐσῠνᾰγώγου toû arkhisunagṓgou	τοῖν ἀρχῐσῠνᾰγώγοιν toîn arkhisunagṓgoin	τῶν ἀρχῐσῠνᾰγώγων tôn arkhisunagṓgōn
Dative	τῷ ἀρχῐσῠνᾰγώγῳ tôi arkhisunagṓgōi	τοῖν ἀρχῐσῠνᾰγώγοιν toîn arkhisunagṓgoin	τοῖς ἀρχῐσῠνᾰγώγοις toîs arkhisunagṓgois
Accusative	τὸν ἀρχῐσῠνᾰ́γωγον tòn arkhisunágōgon	τὼ ἀρχῐσῠνᾰγώγω tṑ arkhisunagṓgō	τοὺς ἀρχῐσῠνᾰγώγους toùs arkhisunagṓgous
Vocative	ἀρχῐσῠνᾰ́γωγε arkhisunágōge	ἀρχῐσῠνᾰγώγω arkhisunagṓgō	ἀρχῐσῠνᾰ́γωγοι arkhisunágōgoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀρχισῠνᾰγωγέω (arkhisunagōgéō)

Descendants

• Coptic: ⲁⲣⲭⲓⲥⲩⲛⲁⲅⲱⲅⲟⲥ (arkhisunagōgos)
• Latin: archisynagōgus
  • English: archisynagogue
  • Old French: archisynagogue

References

• “ἀρχισυνάγωγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀρχισυνάγωγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀρχισυνάγωγος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• ἀρχισυνάγωγος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G752 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible