Ἀρχίας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “power, rulership”) +‎ -ίας (-ías, “male name suffix”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.kʰí.aːs/ → /arˈçi.as/ → /arˈçi.as/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰí.aːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /arˈkʰi.as/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈçi.as/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈçi.as/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈçi.as/

Proper noun

Ἀρχίᾱς • (Arkhíās) m (genitive Ἀρχίου); first declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Archias
   • 110 CE – 180 CE, Pausanias Periegeta, Graeciae Descriptio 1.8.3

Inflection

First declension of ὁ Ἀρχίᾱς; τοῦ Ἀρχίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀρχίᾱς ho Arkhíās
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρχίου toû Arkhíou
Dative	τῷ Ἀρχίᾳ tōî Arkhíāi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀρχίᾱν tòn Arkhíān
Vocative	Ἀρχίᾱ Arkhíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αρχίας (Archías)
• → Latin: Archias

Further reading

• Ἀρχίας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002