ἀρχιγραμματεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρχῐ- (arkhi-, chief) +‎ γρᾰμμᾰτεύς (grammateús, “secretary, clerk”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.ɡram.ma.těu̯s/ → /ar.çi.ɣram.maˈteɸs/ → /ar.çi.ɣra.maˈtefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.ɡram.ma.těu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.ɡram.maˈtews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.ɣram.maˈteɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.ɣram.maˈtefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.ɣra.maˈtefs/

Noun

ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτεύς • (arkhigrammateús) m (genitive ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτέως); third declension

1. chief clerk or secretary

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτεύς; τοῦ ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτεύς ho arkhigrammateús	τὼ ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτῆ tṑ arkhigrammatê	οἱ ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτῆς / ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτεῖς hoi arkhigrammatês / arkhigrammateîs
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτέως toû arkhigrammatéōs	τοῖν ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτέοιν toîn arkhigrammatéoin	τῶν ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτέων tôn arkhigrammatéōn
Dative	τῷ ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτεῖ tôi arkhigrammateî	τοῖν ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτέοιν toîn arkhigrammatéoin	τοῖς ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτεῦσῐ / ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτεῦσῐν toîs arkhigrammateûsi(n)
Accusative	τὸν ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτέᾱ tòn arkhigrammatéā	τὼ ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτῆ tṑ arkhigrammatê	τοὺς ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτέᾱς toùs arkhigrammatéās
Vocative	ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτεῦ arkhigrammateû	ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτῆ arkhigrammatê	ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτῆς / ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτεῖς arkhigrammatês / arkhigrammateîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀρχιγραμματεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀρχιγραμματεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀρχιγραμματεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀρχιγραμματεύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)