ὀλιγάρχης

See also: ολιγάρχης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from ὀλίγος (olígos, “few”) +‎ -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler”, “leader”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /o.li.ɡár.kʰɛːs/ → /o.liˈɣar.çis/ → /o.liˈɣar.çis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /o.li.ɡár.kʰɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɡar.kʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɣar.çis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɣar.çis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /o.liˈɣar.çis/

Noun

ὀλῐγᾰ́ρχης • (oligárkhēs) m (genitive ὀλῐγᾰ́ρχου); first declension

1. oligarch

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ὀλῐγᾰ́ρχης; τοῦ ὀλῐγᾰ́ρχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ὀλῐγᾰ́ρχης ho oligárkhēs	τὼ ὀλῐγᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ oligárkhā	οἱ ὀλῐγᾰ́ρχαι hoi oligárkhai
Genitive	τοῦ ὀλῐγᾰ́ρχου toû oligárkhou	τοῖν ὀλῐγᾰ́ρχαιν toîn oligárkhain	τῶν ὀλῐγᾰρχῶν tôn oligarkhôn
Dative	τῷ ὀλῐγᾰ́ρχῃ tôi oligárkhēi	τοῖν ὀλῐγᾰ́ρχαιν toîn oligárkhain	τοῖς ὀλῐγᾰ́ρχαις toîs oligárkhais
Accusative	τὸν ὀλῐγᾰ́ρχην tòn oligárkhēn	τὼ ὀλῐγᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ oligárkhā	τοὺς ὀλῐγᾰ́ρχᾱς toùs oligárkhās
Vocative	ὀλῐγᾰ́ρχᾰ oligárkha	ὀλῐγᾰ́ρχᾱ oligárkhā	ὀλῐγᾰ́ρχαι oligárkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀλιγαρχέω (oligarkhéō)
• ὀλιγαρχία (oligarkhía)
• ὀλιγαρχικός (oligarkhikós)

Descendants

Descendants

• English: oligarch
• Bulgarian: олигарх (oligarh)
• Finnish: oligarkki
• French: oligarque
• Greek: ολιγάρχης (oligárchis)
• Hebrew: אוֹלִיגַרְךְ (oligarḵ)
• Italian: oligarca
• Late Latin: oligarcha

• Portuguese: oligarca
• Russian: олига́рх (oligárx)

• → Armenian: օլիգարխ (ōligarx)

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: олѝгарх

  Latin script: oligarh

• Spanish: oligarca

Further reading

• “ὀλιγάρχης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ὀλιγάρχης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette