ἐθνάρχης

See also: εθνάρχης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἔθνος (éthnos, “tribe, country”) +‎ -ᾰ́ρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eˈθnar.çis/ → /eˈθnar.çis/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eˈtʰnar.kʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈθnar.çis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈθnar.çis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈθnar.çis/

Noun

ἐθνᾰ́ρχης • (ethnárkhēs) m (genitive ἐθνᾰ́ρχου); first declension

1. ethnarch
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Macrobii 17.2
   • 55 CE – 56 CE, Paul the Apostle, Second Epistle to the Corinthians 11:32
2. a captain of Roman auxiliaries

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἐθνᾰ́ρχης; τοῦ ἐθνᾰ́ρχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐθνᾰ́ρχης ho ethnárkhēs	τὼ ἐθνᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ ethnárkhā	οἱ ἐθνᾰ́ρχαι hoi ethnárkhai
Genitive	τοῦ ἐθνᾰ́ρχου toû ethnárkhou	τοῖν ἐθνᾰ́ρχαιν toîn ethnárkhain	τῶν ἐθνᾰρχῶν tôn ethnarkhôn
Dative	τῷ ἐθνᾰ́ρχῃ tôi ethnárkhēi	τοῖν ἐθνᾰ́ρχαιν toîn ethnárkhain	τοῖς ἐθνᾰ́ρχαις toîs ethnárkhais
Accusative	τὸν ἐθνᾰ́ρχην tòn ethnárkhēn	τὼ ἐθνᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ ethnárkhā	τοὺς ἐθνᾰ́ρχᾱς toùs ethnárkhās
Vocative	ἐθνᾰ́ρχᾰ ethnárkha	ἐθνᾰ́ρχᾱ ethnárkhā	ἐθνᾰ́ρχαι ethnárkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: ethnarch
• Greek: εθνάρχης (ethnárchis)

References

• “ἐθνάρχης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐθνάρχης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐθνάρχης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐθνάρχης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• G1481 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible