ἀργυροκόπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄργυρος (árguros, “silver”) +‎ κόπτω (kóptō, “to strike, cut”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.ɡy.ro.kó.pos/ → /ar.ʝy.roˈko.pos/ → /ar.ʝi.roˈko.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.ɡy.ro.kó.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.ɡy.roˈko.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.ʝy.roˈko.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.ʝy.roˈko.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.ʝi.roˈko.pos/

Noun

ἀργῠροκόπος • (argŭrokópos) m (genitive ἀργῠροκόπου); second declension

1. coiner, silversmith

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀργῠροκόπος; τοῦ ἀργῠροκόπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀργῠροκόπος ho argŭrokópos	τὼ ἀργῠροκόπω tṑ argŭrokópō	οἱ ἀργῠροκόποι hoi argŭrokópoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀργῠροκόπου toû argŭrokópou	τοῖν ἀργῠροκόποιν toîn argŭrokópoin	τῶν ἀργῠροκόπων tôn argŭrokópōn
Dative	τῷ ἀργῠροκόπῳ tôi argŭrokópōi	τοῖν ἀργῠροκόποιν toîn argŭrokópoin	τοῖς ἀργῠροκόποις toîs argŭrokópois
Accusative	τὸν ἀργῠροκόπον tòn argŭrokópon	τὼ ἀργῠροκόπω tṑ argŭrokópō	τοὺς ἀργῠροκόπους toùs argŭrokópous
Vocative	ἀργῠροκόπε argŭrokópe	ἀργῠροκόπω argŭrokópō	ἀργῠροκόποι argŭrokópoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

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