αρχιπέλαγος

Greek edit

A learned αντιδάνειο (antidáneio, “repatriated loanword”).^[1] Learned borrowing from Italian arcipelago,^[2] from Byzantine Greek ἀρχιπέλαγος (arkhipélagos) which is Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “main”) + πέλαγος (pélagos, “sea”), a designation for the Aegean Sea. Attested since 1728 in Katharevousa as ἀρχιπέλαγος (arkhipélagos).^[3]

αρχιπέλαγος • (archipélagos) n (plural αρχιπελάγη)

declension of αρχιπέλαγος

^ αρχιπέλαγος - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
^ αρχιπέλαγος - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only], Centre for the Greek language
^ ἀρχιπέλαγος p.161, vol.1 - Koumanoudis, Stefanos Αth. (1900) Συναγωγὴ νέων λέξεων ὑπὸ τῶν λογίων πλασθεισῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀλώσεως μέχρι τῶν καθ’ ἡμᾶς χρόνων. Sunagōgḕ néōn léxeōn hupò tôn logíōn plastheisôn apò tês Alṓseōs mékhri tôn kath’ hēmâs khrónōn. [A collection of new words created by scholars from the fall of Constantinople until our times.] (In Katharevousa, Greek) Vols:1‑2. Athens: P. Dh. Sakellariou. @anemi, abbreviations (V).