ἀρχιμανδρίτης

See also: αρχιμανδρίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “primary”) +‎ μάνδρα (mándra, “enclosed space, monastery”) +‎ -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “member of”).

Pronunciation

 

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

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.manˈdri.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.manˈdri.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.manˈdri.tis/

Noun

ἀρχιμανδρῑ́της • (arkhimandrī́tēs) m (genitive ἀρχιμανδρῑ́του); first declension

1. chief of a μάνδρα (mándra, “monastery”), abbot

Declension

First declension of ὁ ἀρχιμανδρῑ́της; τοῦ ἀρχιμανδρῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀρχιμανδρῑ́της ho arkhimandrī́tēs	τὼ ἀρχιμανδρῑ́τᾱ tṑ arkhimandrī́tā	οἱ ἀρχιμανδρῖται hoi arkhimandrîtai
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρχιμανδρῑ́του toû arkhimandrī́tou	τοῖν ἀρχιμανδρῑ́ταιν toîn arkhimandrī́tain	τῶν ἀρχιμανδρῑτῶν tôn arkhimandrītôn
Dative	τῷ ἀρχιμανδρῑ́τῃ tôi arkhimandrī́tēi	τοῖν ἀρχιμανδρῑ́ταιν toîn arkhimandrī́tain	τοῖς ἀρχιμανδρῑ́ταις toîs arkhimandrī́tais
Accusative	τὸν ἀρχιμανδρῑ́την tòn arkhimandrī́tēn	τὼ ἀρχιμανδρῑ́τᾱ tṑ arkhimandrī́tā	τοὺς ἀρχιμανδρῑ́τᾱς toùs arkhimandrī́tās
Vocative	ἀρχιμανδρῖτᾰ arkhimandrîtă	ἀρχιμανδρῑ́τᾱ arkhimandrī́tā	ἀρχιμανδρῖται arkhimandrîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: архимандрит (arhimandrit)
• → Finnish: arkkimandriitta
• → Georgian: არქიმანდრიტი (arkimandriṭi)
• → German: Archimandrit
• Greek: αρχιμανδρίτης (archimandrítis)
• → Hungarian: arkimandrita
• → Latin: archimandrīta (see there for further descendants)
• → Old Armenian: արքիմանտրիտ (arkʻimantrit)
• → Polish: archimandryta
• → Russian: архимандри́т (arximandrít)
• → Serbo-Croatian: arhimandrit
• → Swedish: Arkimandrit
• → Ukrainian: архімандрит (arximandryt)

References

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