ἀρχάγγελος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “arch-”) +‎ ἄγγελος (ángelos, “angel, messenger”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.kʰáŋ.ɡe.los/ → /arˈxaɲ.ɟe.los/ → /arˈxaɲ.ɟe.los/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰáŋ.ɡe.los/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /arˈkʰaŋ.ɡe.los/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈxaɲ.ɟe.los/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈxaɲ.ɟe.los/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈxaɲ.ɟe.los/

Noun

ἀρχᾰ́γγελος • (arkhắngelos) m (genitive ἀρχᾰγγέλου); second declension

1. archangel

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀρχᾰ́γγελος; τοῦ ἀρχᾰγγέλου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀρχᾰ́γγελος ho arkhắngelos	τὼ ἀρχᾰγγέλω tṑ arkhăngélō	οἱ ἀρχᾰ́γγελοι hoi arkhắngeloi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρχᾰγγέλου toû arkhăngélou	τοῖν ἀρχᾰγγέλοιν toîn arkhăngéloin	τῶν ἀρχᾰγγέλων tôn arkhăngélōn
Dative	τῷ ἀρχᾰγγέλῳ tôi arkhăngélōi	τοῖν ἀρχᾰγγέλοιν toîn arkhăngéloin	τοῖς ἀρχᾰγγέλοις toîs arkhăngélois
Accusative	τὸν ἀρχᾰ́γγελον tòn arkhắngelon	τὼ ἀρχᾰγγέλω tṑ arkhăngélō	τοὺς ἀρχᾰγγέλους toùs arkhăngélous
Vocative	ἀρχᾰ́γγελε arkhắngele	ἀρχᾰγγέλω arkhăngélō	ἀρχᾰ́γγελοι arkhắngeloi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀρχαγγελικός (arkhangelikós)

Descendants

• → Aromanian: arhanghil
• → Latin: archangelus
• → Old East Slavic: архангелъ (arxangelŭ)
• → Old Church Slavonic: арханг҄елъ (arxangʹjelŭ)
  • Macedonian: архангел (arhangel)
  • → Belarusian: арха́нгел (arxánhjel)
  • → Romanian: arhanghel
  • → Russian: арха́нгел (arxángel)
  • → Ukrainian: арха́нгел (arxánhel)

Further reading

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