Ἀρίσταρχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρίσταρχος (arístarkhos, “best-ruling”), from ἄριστος (áristos) +‎ ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.rís.tar.kʰos/ → /aˈris.tar.xos/ → /aˈris.tar.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.rís.tar.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈris.tar.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈris.tar.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈris.tar.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈris.tar.xos/

Proper noun

Ἀρίσταρχος • (Arístarkhos) m (genitive Ἀριστάρχου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Aristarchus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀρίσταρχος; τοῦ Ἀριστάρχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀρίσταρχος ho Arístarkhos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀριστάρχου toû Aristárkhou
Dative	τῷ Ἀριστάρχῳ tôi Aristárkhōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀρίσταρχον tòn Arístarkhon
Vocative	Ἀρίσταρχε Arístarkhe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αρίσταρχος (Arístarchos)
• → Latin: Aristarchus
• → Russian: Ариста́рх (Aristárx)
• → Old Armenian: Արիստակէս (Aristakēs) (possibly)

Further reading

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• Ἀρίσταρχος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G708 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002
• Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎^[2], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN