ἀρχιδιάκονος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρχῐ- (arkhĭ-, “chief”) +‎ δῐᾱ́κονος (dĭā́konos, “deacon”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.di.ǎː.ko.nos/ → /ar.çi.ðiˈa.ko.nos/ → /ar.çi.ðiˈa.ko.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.di.ǎː.ko.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.diˈa.ko.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.ðiˈa.ko.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.ðiˈa.ko.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.ðiˈa.ko.nos/

Noun

ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονος • (arkhĭdĭā́konos) m (genitive ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνου); second declension

1. chief deacon

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονος; τοῦ ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονος ho arkhĭdĭā́konos	τὼ ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνω tṑ arkhĭdĭākónō	οἱ ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονοι hoi arkhĭdĭā́konoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνου toû arkhĭdĭākónou	τοῖν ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνοιν toîn arkhĭdĭākónoin	τῶν ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνων tôn arkhĭdĭākónōn
Dative	τῷ ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνῳ tôi arkhĭdĭākónōi	τοῖν ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνοιν toîn arkhĭdĭākónoin	τοῖς ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνοις toîs arkhĭdĭākónois
Accusative	τὸν ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονον tòn arkhĭdĭā́konon	τὼ ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνω tṑ arkhĭdĭākónō	τοὺς ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνους toùs arkhĭdĭākónous
Vocative	ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονε arkhĭdĭā́kone	ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνω arkhĭdĭākónō	ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονοι arkhĭdĭā́konoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αρχιδιάκονος (archidiákonos)
• → Latin: archidiaconus
  • → Italian: arcidiacono (calque)

Further reading

• “ἀρχιδιάκονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀρχιδιάκονος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)