ἀρτύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *artús, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)r-tús (“form, order; bond”), from the root *h₂er- (“to fit together, join”).

Cognates include Latin artus (“joint, sinew, limb; power”), Old Armenian արդ (ard, “shape, order”), Sanskrit ऋतु (ṛtú, “union; order, rule; time period”), Avestan 𐬭𐬀𐬙𐬎 (ratu, “time period”) and Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lt' /⁠rad⁠/, “master; judge”).

Apparently semantically merged in prehistory with ἀρθμός (arthmós), despite the different suffix.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

ἀρτύς • (artús) f (genitive ἀρτύος); third declension

1. Alternative form of ἀρθμός (arthmós, “bond”)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ ἀρτῠ́ς; τῆς ἀρτῠός (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀρτῠ́ς hē artŭ́s	τὼ ἀρτῠ́ε tṑ artŭ́e	αἱ ἀρτῠ́ες hai artŭ́es
Genitive	τῆς ἀρτῠός tês artŭós	τοῖν ἀρτῠοῖν toîn artŭoîn	τῶν ἀρτῠῶν tôn artŭôn
Dative	τῇ ἀρτῠῐ̈́ têi artŭĭ̈́	τοῖν ἀρτῠοῖν toîn artŭoîn	ταῖς ἀρτῠσῐ́ / ἀρτῠσῐ́ν taîs artŭsĭ́(n)
Accusative	τὴν ἀρτῠ́ν tḕn artŭ́n	τὼ ἀρτῠ́ε tṑ artŭ́e	τᾱ̀ς ἀρτῦς / ἀρτῠ́ᾰς tā̀s artûs / artŭ́ăs
Vocative	ἀρτῠ́ artŭ́	ἀρτῠ́ε artŭ́e	ἀρτῠ́ες artŭ́es
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀρτύω (artúō)

Further reading

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