εἰρηνάρχης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εἰρηνοφύλαξ (eirēnophúlax, “policeman”) +‎ -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler, leader”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eː.rɛː.nár.kʰɛːs/ → /i.riˈnar.çis/ → /i.riˈnar.çis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.rɛː.nár.kʰɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.re̝ˈnar.kʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.riˈnar.çis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.riˈnar.çis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.riˈnar.çis/

Noun

εἰρηνᾰ́ρχης • (eirēnắrkhēs) m (genitive εἰρηνᾰ́ρχου); first declension

1. police magistrate

Inflection

First declension of ὁ εἰρηνᾰ́ρχης; τοῦ εἰρηνᾰ́ρχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ εἰρηνᾰ́ρχης ho eirēnắrkhēs	τὼ εἰρηνᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ eirēnắrkhā	οἱ εἰρηνᾰ́ρχαι hoi eirēnắrkhai
Genitive	τοῦ εἰρηνᾰ́ρχου toû eirēnắrkhou	τοῖν εἰρηνᾰ́ρχαιν toîn eirēnắrkhain	τῶν εἰρηνᾰρχῶν tôn eirēnărkhôn
Dative	τῷ εἰρηνᾰ́ρχῃ tôi eirēnắrkhēi	τοῖν εἰρηνᾰ́ρχαιν toîn eirēnắrkhain	τοῖς εἰρηνᾰ́ρχαις toîs eirēnắrkhais
Accusative	τὸν εἰρηνᾰ́ρχην tòn eirēnắrkhēn	τὼ εἰρηνᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ eirēnắrkhā	τοὺς εἰρηνᾰ́ρχᾱς toùs eirēnắrkhās
Vocative	εἰρηνᾰ́ρχη eirēnắrkhē	εἰρηνᾰ́ρχᾱ eirēnắrkhā	εἰρηνᾰ́ρχαι eirēnắrkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• εἰρηνᾰρχεῖον (eirēnărkheîon)
• εἰρηνᾰρχέω (eirēnărkhéō)
• εἰρηνᾰρχῐκός (eirēnărkhĭkós)

Further reading

• “εἰρηνάρχης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• εἰρηνάρχης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• εἰρηνάρχης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)