tetrarches

Latin

Alternative forms

• tetrarcha (Late Latin)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs, “tetrarch”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /teˈtrar.kʰeːs/, [t̪ɛˈt̪rärkʰeːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /teˈtrar.kes/, [t̪eˈt̪rärkes]

Noun

tetrarchēs m (genitive tetrarchae); first declension

1. tetrarch

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tetrarchēs	tetrarchae
Genitive	tetrarchae	tetrarchārum
Dative	tetrarchae	tetrarchīs
Accusative	tetrarchēn	tetrarchās
Ablative	tetrarchē	tetrarchīs
Vocative	tetrarchē	tetrarchae

Related terms

• tetrarchia

Descendants

Descendants

• Old English: tetrarche
  • English: tetrarch
• → Dutch: tetrarch
• → Esperanto: tetrarĥo, tetrarko
• → Finnish: tetrarkki
• → French: tétrarque
• → German: Tetrarch
• Italian: tetrarca
• → Portuguese: tetrarca
• → Spanish: tetrarca

References

• “tetrarches”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “tetrarches”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tetrarches in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “tetrarches”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers