ἀρκετός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρκέω (arkéō, “to be enough”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.ke.tós/ → /ar.ceˈtos/ → /ar.ceˈtos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.ke.tós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.keˈtos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.ceˈtos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.ceˈtos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.ceˈtos/

Adjective

ἀρκετός • (arketós) m (feminine ᾰ̓ρκετή, neuter ᾰ̓ρκετόν); first/second declension

1. sufficient, enough
2. (of persons) satisfactory

Usage notes

This can be found in the construction: ἀρκετόν [ἐστι] + inf., "it is enough to..."

Inflection

First and second declension of ᾰ̓ρκετός; ᾰ̓ρκετή; ᾰ̓ρκετόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓ρκετός ărketós	ᾰ̓ρκετή ărketḗ	ᾰ̓ρκετόν ărketón		ᾰ̓ρκετώ ărketṓ	ᾰ̓ρκετᾱ́ ărketā́	ᾰ̓ρκετώ ărketṓ		ᾰ̓ρκετοί ărketoí	ᾰ̓ρκεταί ărketaí	ᾰ̓ρκετᾰ́ ărketắ
Genitive		ᾰ̓ρκετοῦ ărketoû	ᾰ̓ρκετῆς ărketês	ᾰ̓ρκετοῦ ărketoû		ᾰ̓ρκετοῖν ărketoîn	ᾰ̓ρκεταῖν ărketaîn	ᾰ̓ρκετοῖν ărketoîn		ᾰ̓ρκετῶν ărketôn	ᾰ̓ρκετῶν ărketôn	ᾰ̓ρκετῶν ărketôn
Dative		ᾰ̓ρκετῷ ărketôi	ᾰ̓ρκετῇ ărketêi	ᾰ̓ρκετῷ ărketôi		ᾰ̓ρκετοῖν ărketoîn	ᾰ̓ρκεταῖν ărketaîn	ᾰ̓ρκετοῖν ărketoîn		ᾰ̓ρκετοῖς ărketoîs	ᾰ̓ρκεταῖς ărketaîs	ᾰ̓ρκετοῖς ărketoîs
Accusative		ᾰ̓ρκετόν ărketón	ᾰ̓ρκετήν ărketḗn	ᾰ̓ρκετόν ărketón		ᾰ̓ρκετώ ărketṓ	ᾰ̓ρκετᾱ́ ărketā́	ᾰ̓ρκετώ ărketṓ		ᾰ̓ρκετούς ărketoús	ᾰ̓ρκετᾱ́ς ărketā́s	ᾰ̓ρκετᾰ́ ărketắ
Vocative		ᾰ̓ρκετέ ărketé	ᾰ̓ρκετή ărketḗ	ᾰ̓ρκετόν ărketón		ᾰ̓ρκετώ ărketṓ	ᾰ̓ρκετᾱ́ ărketā́	ᾰ̓ρκετώ ărketṓ		ᾰ̓ρκετοί ărketoí	ᾰ̓ρκεταί ărketaí	ᾰ̓ρκετᾰ́ ărketắ
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ᾰ̓ρκετῶς ărketôs				ᾰ̓ρκετίων ărketíōn				ᾰ̓ρκέτιστος ărkétistos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αρκετός (arketós, “adequate”)
• Greek: αρκετά (arketá, “enough”)

References

• “ἀρκετός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀρκετός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀρκετός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G713 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• ἀρκετός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften