ἀργαπέτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀργᾰβῐ́δης (argabídēs), ἀρχᾰπέτης (arkhapétēs), ἀρχᾰ́πετος (arkhápetos)

Etymology

Borrowed from Parthian 𐭀𐭓𐭊𐭐𐭕𐭉 (argbed).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.ɣaˈpe.tis/ → /ar.ɣaˈpe.tis/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.ɣaˈpe.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.ɣaˈpe.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.ɣaˈpe.tis/

Noun

ἀργᾰπέτης • (argapétēs) m (genitive ἀργᾰπέτου); first declension

1. commandant of a fort

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἀργᾰπέτης; τοῦ ἀργᾰπέτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀργᾰπέτης ho argapétēs	τὼ ἀργᾰπέτᾱ tṑ argapétā	οἱ ἀργᾰπέται hoi argapétai
Genitive	τοῦ ἀργᾰπέτου toû argapétou	τοῖν ἀργᾰπέταιν toîn argapétain	τῶν ἀργᾰπετῶν tôn argapetôn
Dative	τῷ ἀργᾰπέτῃ tôi argapétēi	τοῖν ἀργᾰπέταιν toîn argapétain	τοῖς ἀργᾰπέταις toîs argapétais
Accusative	τὸν ἀργᾰπέτην tòn argapétēn	τὼ ἀργᾰπέτᾱ tṑ argapétā	τοὺς ἀργᾰπέτᾱς toùs argapétās
Vocative	ἀργᾰπέτᾰ argapéta	ἀργᾰπέτᾱ argapétā	ἀργᾰπέται argapétai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀργαπέτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀργαπέτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀργαπέτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)