ἀρχηγέτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀρχᾱγέτας (arkhāgétas) — Doric

Etymology

From ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning”) +‎ ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “to lead”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.kʰɛː.ɡé.tɛːs/ → /ar.çiˈʝe.tis/ → /ar.çiˈʝe.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰɛː.ɡé.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰe̝ˈɡe.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.çiˈʝe.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.çiˈʝe.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.çiˈʝe.tis/

Noun

ἀρχηγέτης • (arkhēgétēs) m (genitive ἀρχηγέτου); first declension

1. leader, author, founder
2. title of Apollo
3. prince, chief, governor

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἀρχηγέτης; τοῦ ἀρχηγέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀρχηγέτης ho arkhēgétēs	τὼ ἀρχηγέτᾱ tṑ arkhēgétā	οἱ ἀρχηγέται hoi arkhēgétai
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρχηγέτου toû arkhēgétou	τοῖν ἀρχηγέταιν toîn arkhēgétain	τῶν ἀρχηγετῶν tôn arkhēgetôn
Dative	τῷ ἀρχηγέτῃ tôi arkhēgétēi	τοῖν ἀρχηγέταιν toîn arkhēgétain	τοῖς ἀρχηγέταις toîs arkhēgétais
Accusative	τὸν ἀρχηγέτην tòn arkhēgétēn	τὼ ἀρχηγέτᾱ tṑ arkhēgétā	τοὺς ἀρχηγέτᾱς toùs arkhēgétās
Vocative	ἀρχηγέτᾰ arkhēgéta	ἀρχηγέτᾱ arkhēgétā	ἀρχηγέται arkhēgétai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• ἀρχηγέτις (arkhēgétis)

Descendants

• → German: Archeget
• → Italian: archegete

References

• “ἀρχηγέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀρχηγέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀρχηγέτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀρχηγέτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • author idem, page 53.
  • founder idem, page 341.
  • originator idem, page 580.
  • prime idem, page 640.
  • prince idem, page 641.
  • progenitor idem, page 653.
• Archegetes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia