ἀρχέτυπον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.kʰé.ty.pon/ → /arˈçe.ty.pon/ → /arˈçe.ti.pon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰé.ty.pon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /arˈkʰe.ty.pon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈçe.ty.pon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈçe.ty.pon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈçe.ti.pon/

Adjective

ἀρχέτῠπον • (arkhétupon)

1. inflection of ἀρχέτυπος (arkhétupos):
   1. neuter nominative/vocative singular
   2. masculine/feminine/neuter accusative singular

Noun

ἀρχέτῠπον • (arkhétupon) n (genitive ἀρχετύπου); second declension

1. archetype, pattern, model
2. the figure on a seal

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἀ̆ρχέτῠπον; τοῦ ἀ̆ρχετῠ́που (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἀ̆ρχέτῠπον tò arkhétupon	τὼ ἀ̆ρχετῠ́πω tṑ arkhetúpō	τᾰ̀ ἀ̆ρχέτῠπᾰ tà arkhétupa
Genitive	τοῦ ἀ̆ρχετῠ́που toû arkhetúpou	τοῖν ἀ̆ρχετῠ́ποιν toîn arkhetúpoin	τῶν ἀ̆ρχετῠ́πων tôn arkhetúpōn
Dative	τῷ ἀ̆ρχετῠ́πῳ tôi arkhetúpōi	τοῖν ἀ̆ρχετῠ́ποιν toîn arkhetúpoin	τοῖς ἀ̆ρχετῠ́ποις toîs arkhetúpois
Accusative	τὸ ἀ̆ρχέτῠπον tò arkhétupon	τὼ ἀ̆ρχετῠ́πω tṑ arkhetúpō	τᾰ̀ ἀ̆ρχέτῠπᾰ tà arkhétupa
Vocative	ἀ̆ρχέτῠπον arkhétupon	ἀ̆ρχετῠ́πω arkhetúpō	ἀ̆ρχέτῠπᾰ arkhétupa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: архети́п (arhetíp)
• → Esperanto: arketipo
• → Latin: archetypum (see there for further descendants)
• → Macedonian: архетип (arhetip)
• → Russian: архети́п (arxetíp)
• → Ukrainian: архети́п (arxetýp)

Further reading

• “ἀρχέτυπον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers