λιμενάρχης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λῐμήν (limḗn, “port”) +‎ -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler, leader”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /li.mɛː.nár.kʰɛːs/ → /li.miˈnar.çis/ → /li.miˈnar.çis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /li.mɛː.nár.kʰɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /li.me̝ˈnar.kʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /li.miˈnar.çis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /li.miˈnar.çis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /li.miˈnar.çis/

Noun

λῐμηνᾰ́ρχης • (limēnárkhēs) m (genitive λῐμηνᾰ́ρχου); first declension

1. harbour-master

Inflection

First declension of ὁ λῐμηνᾰ́ρχης; τοῦ λῐμηνᾰ́ρχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λῐμηνᾰ́ρχης ho limēnárkhēs	τὼ λῐμηνᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ limēnárkhā	οἱ λῐμηνᾰ́ρχαι hoi limēnárkhai
Genitive	τοῦ λῐμηνᾰ́ρχου toû limēnárkhou	τοῖν λῐμηνᾰ́ρχαιν toîn limēnárkhain	τῶν λῐμηνᾰρχῶν tôn limēnarkhôn
Dative	τῷ λῐμηνᾰ́ρχῃ tôi limēnárkhēi	τοῖν λῐμηνᾰ́ρχαιν toîn limēnárkhain	τοῖς λῐμηνᾰ́ρχαις toîs limēnárkhais
Accusative	τὸν λῐμηνᾰ́ρχην tòn limēnárkhēn	τὼ λῐμηνᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ limēnárkhā	τοὺς λῐμηνᾰ́ρχᾱς toùs limēnárkhās
Vocative	λῐμηνᾰ́ρχη limēnárkhē	λῐμηνᾰ́ρχᾱ limēnárkhā	λῐμηνᾰ́ρχαι limēnárkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λῐμηνᾰρχέω (limēnarkhéō)

Further reading

• “λιμενάρχης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Noun

λιμενάρχης • (limenárchis) m or f (plural λιμενάρχες)

1. harbour master (UK), harbormaster (US)

   Coordinate term: αρχιπλοηγός (archiploïgós)

Declension

declension of λιμενάρχης

case     \     number	singular	plural
nominative	λιμενάρχης •	λιμενάρχες •
genitive	λιμενάρχη •	λιμεναρχών •
accusative	λιμενάρχη •	λιμενάρχες •
vocative	λιμενάρχη •	λιμενάρχες •
A genitive singular form λιμενάρχου • usable with both genders.

Further reading

• λιμενάρχης - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.