πολιτάρχης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πολῑ́της (polī́tēs, “citizen”) +‎ -ᾰ́ρχης (-ắrkhēs, “ruler”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /po.liː.tár.kʰɛːs/ → /po.liˈtar.çis/ → /po.liˈtar.çis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /po.liː.tár.kʰɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /po.liˈtar.kʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /po.liˈtar.çis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /po.liˈtar.çis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /po.liˈtar.çis/

Noun

πολῑτᾰ́ρχης • (polītắrkhēs) m (genitive πολῑτᾰ́ρχου); first declension

1. civil magistrate
   • New Testament, Acts of the Apostles 17:6

Declension

First declension of ὁ πολῑτᾰ́ρχης; τοῦ πολῑτᾰ́ρχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πολῑτᾰ́ρχης ho polītắrkhēs	τὼ πολῑτᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ polītắrkhā	οἱ πολῑτᾰ́ρχαι hoi polītắrkhai
Genitive	τοῦ πολῑτᾰ́ρχου toû polītắrkhou	τοῖν πολῑτᾰ́ρχαιν toîn polītắrkhain	τῶν πολῑτᾰρχῶν tôn polītărkhôn
Dative	τῷ πολῑτᾰ́ρχῃ tôi polītắrkhēi	τοῖν πολῑτᾰ́ρχαιν toîn polītắrkhain	τοῖς πολῑτᾰ́ρχαις toîs polītắrkhais
Accusative	τὸν πολῑτᾰ́ρχην tòn polītắrkhēn	τὼ πολῑτᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ polītắrkhā	τοὺς πολῑτᾰ́ρχᾱς toùs polītắrkhās
Vocative	πολῑτᾰ́ρχη polītắrkhē	πολῑτᾰ́ρχᾱ polītắrkhā	πολῑτᾰ́ρχαι polītắrkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “πολιτάρχης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πολιτάρχης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers