ἀργαπέτης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἀργᾰβῐ́δης (argăbĭ́dēs), ἀρχᾰπέτης (arkhăpétēs), ἀρχᾰ́πετος (arkhắpetos)

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 • (argăpétēs) 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 argăpétēs	τὼ ἀργᾰπέτᾱ tṑ argăpétā	οἱ ἀργᾰπέται hoi argăpétai
Genitive	τοῦ ἀργᾰπέτου toû argăpétou	τοῖν ἀργᾰπέταιν toîn argăpétain	τῶν ἀργᾰπετῶν tôn argăpetôn
Dative	τῷ ἀργᾰπέτῃ tôi argăpétēi	τοῖν ἀργᾰπέταιν toîn argăpétain	τοῖς ἀργᾰπέταις toîs argăpétais
Accusative	τὸν ἀργᾰπέτην tòn argăpétēn	τὼ ἀργᾰπέτᾱ tṑ argăpétā	τοὺς ἀργᾰπέτᾱς toùs argăpétās
Vocative	ἀργᾰπέτᾰ argăpétă	ἀργᾰπέτᾱ argăpétā	ἀργᾰπέται argăpétai
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 (2006–2025)