ἀρκετός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρκέω (arkéō, “to be enough”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.ke.tós/ → /ar.ceˈtos/ → /ar.ceˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.ke.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.keˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.ceˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.ceˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.ceˈtos/

Adjective

ἀρκετός • (arketós) m (feminine ᾰ̓ρκετή, neuter ᾰ̓ρκετόν); first/second declension

1. sufficient, enough
2. (of persons) satisfactory

Usage notes

This can be found in the construction: ἀρκετόν [ἐστι] + inf., "it is enough to..."

Inflection

First and second declension of ᾰ̓ρκετός; ᾰ̓ρκετή; ᾰ̓ρκετόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓ρκετός arketós	ᾰ̓ρκετή arketḗ	ᾰ̓ρκετόν arketón		ᾰ̓ρκετώ arketṓ	ᾰ̓ρκετᾱ́ arketā́	ᾰ̓ρκετώ arketṓ		ᾰ̓ρκετοί arketoí	ᾰ̓ρκεταί arketaí	ᾰ̓ρκετᾰ́ arketá
Genitive		ᾰ̓ρκετοῦ arketoû	ᾰ̓ρκετῆς arketês	ᾰ̓ρκετοῦ arketoû		ᾰ̓ρκετοῖν arketoîn	ᾰ̓ρκεταῖν arketaîn	ᾰ̓ρκετοῖν arketoîn		ᾰ̓ρκετῶν arketôn	ᾰ̓ρκετῶν arketôn	ᾰ̓ρκετῶν arketôn
Dative		ᾰ̓ρκετῷ arketôi	ᾰ̓ρκετῇ arketêi	ᾰ̓ρκετῷ arketôi		ᾰ̓ρκετοῖν arketoîn	ᾰ̓ρκεταῖν arketaîn	ᾰ̓ρκετοῖν arketoîn		ᾰ̓ρκετοῖς arketoîs	ᾰ̓ρκεταῖς arketaîs	ᾰ̓ρκετοῖς arketoîs
Accusative		ᾰ̓ρκετόν arketón	ᾰ̓ρκετήν arketḗn	ᾰ̓ρκετόν arketón		ᾰ̓ρκετώ arketṓ	ᾰ̓ρκετᾱ́ arketā́	ᾰ̓ρκετώ arketṓ		ᾰ̓ρκετούς arketoús	ᾰ̓ρκετᾱ́ς arketā́s	ᾰ̓ρκετᾰ́ arketá
Vocative		ᾰ̓ρκετέ arketé	ᾰ̓ρκετή arketḗ	ᾰ̓ρκετόν arketón		ᾰ̓ρκετώ arketṓ	ᾰ̓ρκετᾱ́ arketā́	ᾰ̓ρκετώ arketṓ		ᾰ̓ρκετοί arketoí	ᾰ̓ρκεταί arketaí	ᾰ̓ρκετᾰ́ arketá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ᾰ̓ρκετῶς arketôs				ᾰ̓ρκετίων arketíōn				ᾰ̓ρκέτιστος arkétistos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αρκετός (arketós, “adequate”)
• Greek: αρκετά (arketá, “enough”)

References

• “ἀρκετός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀρκετός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀρκετός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G713 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• ἀρκετός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften