ἀρχιδικαστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρχῐ- (arkhi-, “chief”) +‎ δῐκᾰστής (dikastḗs, “judge”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.di.kas.tɛ̌ːs/ → /ar.çi.ði.kasˈtis/ → /ar.çi.ði.kasˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.di.kas.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.di.kasˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.ði.kasˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.ði.kasˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.ði.kasˈtis/

Noun

ἀρχῐδῐκᾰστής • (arkhidikastḗs) m (genitive ἀρχῐδῐκᾰστοῦ); first declension

1. (in Egypt) chief-judge

Declension

First declension of ὁ ἀρχῐδῐκᾰστής; τοῦ ἀρχῐδῐκᾰστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀρχῐδῐκᾰστής ho arkhidikastḗs	τὼ ἀρχῐδῐκᾰστᾱ́ tṑ arkhidikastā́	οἱ ἀρχῐδῐκᾰσταί hoi arkhidikastaí
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρχῐδῐκᾰστοῦ toû arkhidikastoû	τοῖν ἀρχῐδῐκᾰσταῖν toîn arkhidikastaîn	τῶν ἀρχῐδῐκᾰστῶν tôn arkhidikastôn
Dative	τῷ ἀρχῐδῐκᾰστῇ tôi arkhidikastêi	τοῖν ἀρχῐδῐκᾰσταῖν toîn arkhidikastaîn	τοῖς ἀρχῐδῐκᾰσταῖς toîs arkhidikastaîs
Accusative	τὸν ἀρχῐδῐκᾰστήν tòn arkhidikastḗn	τὼ ἀρχῐδῐκᾰστᾱ́ tṑ arkhidikastā́	τοὺς ἀρχῐδῐκᾰστᾱ́ς toùs arkhidikastā́s
Vocative	ἀρχῐδῐκᾰστᾰ́ arkhidikastá	ἀρχῐδῐκᾰστᾱ́ arkhidikastā́	ἀρχῐδῐκᾰσταί arkhidikastaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀρχῐδῐκᾰστείᾱ (arkhidikasteíā)

Further reading

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