ἰλάρχης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• εἰλᾰ́ρχης (eilárkhēs), βειλᾰ́ρχᾱς (beilárkhās) — later
• ῑ̓́λᾰρχος (ī́larkhos)

Etymology

From ῑ̓́λη (ī́lē, “troop of horse”) +‎ ᾰ̓ρχή (arkhḗ, “rule, authority”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iː.lar.kʰɛːs/ → /i.lar.çis/ → /i.lar.çis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /iː.lar.kʰɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.lar.kʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.lar.çis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.lar.çis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.lar.çis/

Noun

ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχης • (īlárkhēs) m (genitive ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχου); first declension

1. the commander of a troop of horse

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχης; τοῦ ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχης ho īlárkhēs	τὼ ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ īlárkhā	οἱ ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχαι hoi īlárkhai
Genitive	τοῦ ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχου toû īlárkhou	τοῖν ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχαιν toîn īlárkhain	τῶν ῑ̓λᾰρχῶν tôn īlarkhôn
Dative	τῷ ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχῃ tôi īlárkhēi	τοῖν ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχαιν toîn īlárkhain	τοῖς ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχαις toîs īlárkhais
Accusative	τὸν ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχην tòn īlárkhēn	τὼ ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ īlárkhā	τοὺς ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχᾱς toùs īlárkhās
Vocative	ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχη īlárkhē	ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχᾱ īlárkhā	ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχαι īlárkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἰλάρχης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἰλάρχης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette