Πλείσταρχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πλεῖστος (pleîstos, “most, greatest, largest”) +‎ ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /plěːs.tar.kʰos/ → /ˈplis.tar.xos/ → /ˈplis.tar.xos/

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

Proper noun

Πλείστᾰρχος • (Pleístarkhos) m (genitive Πλειστᾰ́ρχου); second declension

1. a male given name: Pleistarchus

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Πλείστᾰρχος; τοῦ Πλειστᾰ́ρχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πλείστᾰρχος ho Pleístarkhos
Genitive	τοῦ Πλειστᾰ́ρχου toû Pleistárkhou
Dative	τῷ Πλειστᾰ́ρχῳ tôi Pleistárkhōi
Accusative	τὸν Πλείστᾰρχον tòn Pleístarkhon
Vocative	Πλείστᾰρχε Pleístarkhe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Πλείσταρχος (Pleístarchos)
• Latin: Pleistarchus

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022