Ἀρκαδία

See also: Αρκαδία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Named after Ἀρκάς (Arkás, “Arcas”), son of Zeus and king of Arcadia, from Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀏 (a-ka), 𐀀𐀏𐀆 (a-ka-de), from Proto-Hellenic *árktos (“bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos. Alternatively derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érkʷo- (“bow, arrow”), with Arcas being a hunter.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.ka.dí.aː/ → /ar.kaˈði.a/ → /ar.kaˈði.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.ka.dí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.kaˈdi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.kaˈði.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.kaˈði.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.kaˈði.a/

Proper noun

Ἀρκᾰδίᾱ • (Arkadíā) f (genitive Ἀρκᾰδίᾱς); first declension

1. Arcadia, a region of the Peloponnese in Greece.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ἀρκᾰδίᾱ; τῆς Ἀρκᾰδίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἀρκᾰδίᾱ hē Arkadíā
Genitive	τῆς Ἀρκᾰδίᾱς tês Arkadíās
Dative	τῇ Ἀρκᾰδίᾳ têi Arkadíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ἀρκᾰδίᾱν tḕn Arkadíān
Vocative	Ἀρκᾰδίᾱ Arkadíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ἀρκάς (Arkás)
• ἀρκαδικός (arkadikós)

Descendants

• Greek: Αρκαδία (Arkadía)
• → Latin: Arcadia (see there for further descendants)
• Coptic: ⲁⲣⲕⲁⲇⲓⲁ (arkadia)

Further reading

• “Ἀρκαδία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 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
• Ἀρκαδία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Ἀρκαδία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002