Πλούταρχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “riches; Pluto”) +‎ ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plǔː.tar.kʰos/ → /ˈplu.tar.xos/ → /ˈplu.tar.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /plǔː.tar.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.tar.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.tar.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.tar.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈplu.tar.xos/

Proper noun

Πλούταρχος • (Ploútarkhos) m (genitive Πλουτάρχου); second declension (Koine, Byzantine)

1. a male given name, equivalent to Greek Πλούταρχος (Ploútarchos), Latin Plūtarchus, or English Plutarch
2. Plutarch of Chaeronea, full name Λούκιος Μέστριος Πλούταρχος (Loúkios Méstrios Ploútarkhos), romanized Lūcius Mestrius Plūtarchus, lived ca. 46–120 C.E.. A celebrated Graeco-Roman philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi; best known for writing his Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, a biographical series commonly referred to as Plutarch's Parallel Lives.

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Πλούτᾰρχος; τοῦ Πλουτᾰ́ρχου (Byzantine, Koine)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πλούτᾰρχος ho Ploútarkhos
Genitive	τοῦ Πλουτᾰ́ρχου toû Ploutárkhou
Dative	τῷ Πλουτᾰ́ρχῳ tôi Ploutárkhōi
Accusative	τὸν Πλούτᾰρχον tòn Ploútarkhon
Vocative	Πλούτᾰρχε Ploútarkhe

Descendants

• Armenian: Պլուտարքոս (Plutarkʻos)
• Greek: Πλούταρχος (Ploútarchos)
• Latin: Plūtarchus
  • Asturian: Plutarcu
  • Catalan: Plutarc
  • → Dutch: Plutarchus
  • → German: Plutarch
  • → English: Plutarch
  • French: Plutarque
  • Galician: Plutarco
  • Italian: Plutarco
  • Occitan: Plutarc
  • → Polish: Plutarch
  • Portuguese: Plutarco, Plutarcho
  • Romanian: Plutarh
  • Sicilian: Plutarcu
  • Spanish: Plutarco

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022

Greek

Proper noun

Πλούταρχος • (Ploútarchos) m (plural Ploútarchos)

1. Plutarch (46–120 AD) Greek historian, biographer and essayist.

Declension

  Πλούταρχος

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Πλούταρχος •
genitive	Πλουτάρχου •  Πλούταρχου •
accusative	Πλούταρχο •
vocative	Πλούταρχε •