ἀρχέτυπος

See also: αρχέτυπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρχή (arkhḗ) +‎ τύπος (túpos).

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Adjective

ἀρχέτῠπος • (arkhétupos) m or f (neuter ἀρχέτῠπον); second declension

1. first moulded as a pattern or model, archetypal
2. exemplary, ideal

Declension

Second declension of ἀ̆ρχέτῠπος; ἀ̆ρχέτῠπον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀ̆ρχέτῠπος arkhétupos	ἀ̆ρχέτῠπον arkhétupon		ἀ̆ρχετῠ́πω arkhetúpō	ἀ̆ρχετῠ́πω arkhetúpō		ἀ̆ρχέτῠποι arkhétupoi	ἀ̆ρχέτῠπᾰ arkhétupa
Genitive		ἀ̆ρχετῠ́που arkhetúpou	ἀ̆ρχετῠ́που arkhetúpou		ἀ̆ρχετῠ́ποιν arkhetúpoin	ἀ̆ρχετῠ́ποιν arkhetúpoin		ἀ̆ρχετῠ́πων arkhetúpōn	ἀ̆ρχετῠ́πων arkhetúpōn
Dative		ἀ̆ρχετῠ́πῳ arkhetúpōi	ἀ̆ρχετῠ́πῳ arkhetúpōi		ἀ̆ρχετῠ́ποιν arkhetúpoin	ἀ̆ρχετῠ́ποιν arkhetúpoin		ἀ̆ρχετῠ́ποις arkhetúpois	ἀ̆ρχετῠ́ποις arkhetúpois
Accusative		ἀ̆ρχέτῠπον arkhétupon	ἀ̆ρχέτῠπον arkhétupon		ἀ̆ρχετῠ́πω arkhetúpō	ἀ̆ρχετῠ́πω arkhetúpō		ἀ̆ρχετῠ́πους arkhetúpous	ἀ̆ρχέτῠπᾰ arkhétupa
Vocative		ἀ̆ρχέτῠπε arkhétupe	ἀ̆ρχέτῠπον arkhétupon		ἀ̆ρχετῠ́πω arkhetúpō	ἀ̆ρχετῠ́πω arkhetúpō		ἀ̆ρχέτῠποι arkhétupoi	ἀ̆ρχέτῠπᾰ arkhétupa
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀ̆ρχετῠ́πως arkhetúpōs			ἀ̆ρχετῠπώτερος arkhetupṓteros			ἀ̆ρχετῠπώτᾰτος arkhetupṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀρχετυπικῶς (arkhetupikôs)
• ἀρχέτυπον (arkhétupon)

Descendants

• Greek: αρχέτυπος (archétypos)
• → Latin: archetypus

Further reading

• ἀρχέτυπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀρχέτυπος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἀρχέτυπος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἀρχέτυπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press