πολιτάρχης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολῑ́της (polī́tēs, “citizen”) +‎ -ᾰ́ρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.liː.tár.kʰɛːs/ → /po.liˈtar.çis/ → /po.liˈtar.çis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.liː.tár.kʰɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.liˈtar.kʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.liˈtar.çis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.liˈtar.çis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.liˈtar.çis/

Noun

πολῑτᾰ́ρχης • (polītárkhēs) m (genitive πολῑτᾰ́ρχου); first declension

1. civil magistrate
   • New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 17:6

Declension

First declension of ὁ πολῑτᾰ́ρχης; τοῦ πολῑτᾰ́ρχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πολῑτᾰ́ρχης ho polītárkhēs	τὼ πολῑτᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ polītárkhā	οἱ πολῑτᾰ́ρχαι hoi polītárkhai
Genitive	τοῦ πολῑτᾰ́ρχου toû polītárkhou	τοῖν πολῑτᾰ́ρχαιν toîn polītárkhain	τῶν πολῑτᾰρχῶν tôn polītarkhôn
Dative	τῷ πολῑτᾰ́ρχῃ tôi polītárkhēi	τοῖν πολῑτᾰ́ρχαιν toîn polītárkhain	τοῖς πολῑτᾰ́ρχαις toîs polītárkhais
Accusative	τὸν πολῑτᾰ́ρχην tòn polītárkhēn	τὼ πολῑτᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ polītárkhā	τοὺς πολῑτᾰ́ρχᾱς toùs polītárkhās
Vocative	πολῑτᾰ́ρχη polītárkhē	πολῑτᾰ́ρχᾱ polītárkhā	πολῑτᾰ́ρχαι polītárkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πολιτάρχης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πολιτάρχης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers