ἀρχέτυπον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.kʰé.ty.pon/ → /arˈçe.ty.pon/ → /arˈçe.ti.pon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰé.ty.pon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /arˈkʰe.ty.pon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈçe.ty.pon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈçe.ty.pon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈçe.ti.pon/

Adjective

ἀρχέτῠπον • (arkhétŭpon)

1. inflection of ἀρχέτυπος (arkhétupos):
   1. neuter nominative/vocative singular
   2. masculine/feminine/neuter accusative singular

Noun

ἀρχέτῠπον • (arkhétŭpon) n (genitive ἀρχετύπου); second declension

1. archetype, pattern, model
2. the figure on a seal

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ᾰ̓ρχέτῠπον; τοῦ ᾰ̓ρχετῠ́που (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ᾰ̓ρχέτῠπον tò ărkhétŭpon	τὼ ᾰ̓ρχετῠ́πω tṑ ărkhetŭ́pō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓ρχέτῠπᾰ tằ ărkhétŭpă
Genitive	τοῦ ᾰ̓ρχετῠ́που toû ărkhetŭ́pou	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρχετῠ́ποιν toîn ărkhetŭ́poin	τῶν ᾰ̓ρχετῠ́πων tôn ărkhetŭ́pōn
Dative	τῷ ᾰ̓ρχετῠ́πῳ tôi ărkhetŭ́pōi	τοῖν ᾰ̓ρχετῠ́ποιν toîn ărkhetŭ́poin	τοῖς ᾰ̓ρχετῠ́ποις toîs ărkhetŭ́pois
Accusative	τὸ ᾰ̓ρχέτῠπον tò ărkhétŭpon	τὼ ᾰ̓ρχετῠ́πω tṑ ărkhetŭ́pō	τᾰ̀ ᾰ̓ρχέτῠπᾰ tằ ărkhétŭpă
Vocative	ᾰ̓ρχέτῠπον ărkhétŭpon	ᾰ̓ρχετῠ́πω ărkhetŭ́pō	ᾰ̓ρχέτῠπᾰ ărkhétŭpă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: архети́п (arhetíp)
• → Esperanto: arketipo
• → Latin: archetypum (see there for further descendants)
• → Macedonian: архетип (arhetip)
• → Russian: архети́п (arxetíp)
• → Ukrainian: архети́п (arxetýp)

Further reading

• “ἀρχέτυπον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers