ἀρχιζάκορος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρχῐ- (arkhĭ-, “chief”) +‎ ζᾰ́κορος (zắkoros, “keeper of a temple”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.kʰiz.dá.ko.ros/ → /ar.çiˈza.ko.ros/ → /ar.çiˈza.ko.ros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰiz.dá.ko.ros/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰiˈza.ko.ros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.çiˈza.ko.ros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.çiˈza.ko.ros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.çiˈza.ko.ros/

Noun

ἀρχῐζᾰ́κορος • (arkhĭzắkoros) m (genitive ἀρχῐζᾰκόρου); second declension

1. chief keeper of a temple

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἀρχῐζᾰ́κορος; τοῦ ἀρχῐζᾰκόρου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀρχῐζᾰ́κορος ho arkhĭzắkoros	τὼ ἀρχῐζᾰκόρω tṑ arkhĭzăkórō	οἱ ἀρχῐζᾰ́κοροι hoi arkhĭzắkoroi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρχῐζᾰκόρου toû arkhĭzăkórou	τοῖν ἀρχῐζᾰκόροιν toîn arkhĭzăkóroin	τῶν ἀρχῐζᾰκόρων tôn arkhĭzăkórōn
Dative	τῷ ἀρχῐζᾰκόρῳ tôi arkhĭzăkórōi	τοῖν ἀρχῐζᾰκόροιν toîn arkhĭzăkóroin	τοῖς ἀρχῐζᾰκόροις toîs arkhĭzăkórois
Accusative	τὸν ἀρχῐζᾰ́κορον tòn arkhĭzắkoron	τὼ ἀρχῐζᾰκόρω tṑ arkhĭzăkórō	τοὺς ἀρχῐζᾰκόρους toùs arkhĭzăkórous
Vocative	ἀρχῐζᾰ́κορε arkhĭzắkore	ἀρχῐζᾰκόρω arkhĭzăkórō	ἀρχῐζᾰ́κοροι arkhĭzắkoroi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἀρχιζάκορος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press