ἀρχιραβδοῦχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρχῐ- (arkhĭ-, “chief”) +‎ ῥᾰβδοῦχος (rhăbdoûkhos, “lictor”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.rab.dûː.kʰos/ → /ar.çi.raβˈðu.xos/ → /ar.çi.ravˈðu.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.rab.dûː.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.rabˈdu.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.raβˈðu.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.ravˈðu.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.çi.ravˈðu.xos/

Noun

ἀρχῐρᾰβδοῦχος • (arkhĭrăbdoûkhos) m (genitive ἀρχῐρᾰβδούχου); second declension

1. chief lictor

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἀρχῐρᾰβδοῦχος; τοῦ ἀρχῐρᾰβδούχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀρχῐρᾰβδοῦχος ho arkhĭrăbdoûkhos	τὼ ἀρχῐρᾰβδούχω tṑ arkhĭrăbdoúkhō	οἱ ἀρχῐρᾰβδοῦχοι hoi arkhĭrăbdoûkhoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρχῐρᾰβδούχου toû arkhĭrăbdoúkhou	τοῖν ἀρχῐρᾰβδούχοιν toîn arkhĭrăbdoúkhoin	τῶν ἀρχῐρᾰβδούχων tôn arkhĭrăbdoúkhōn
Dative	τῷ ἀρχῐρᾰβδούχῳ tôi arkhĭrăbdoúkhōi	τοῖν ἀρχῐρᾰβδούχοιν toîn arkhĭrăbdoúkhoin	τοῖς ἀρχῐρᾰβδούχοις toîs arkhĭrăbdoúkhois
Accusative	τὸν ἀρχῐρᾰβδοῦχον tòn arkhĭrăbdoûkhon	τὼ ἀρχῐρᾰβδούχω tṑ arkhĭrăbdoúkhō	τοὺς ἀρχῐρᾰβδούχους toùs arkhĭrăbdoúkhous
Vocative	ἀρχῐρᾰβδοῦχε arkhĭrăbdoûkhe	ἀρχῐρᾰβδούχω arkhĭrăbdoúkhō	ἀρχῐρᾰβδοῦχοι arkhĭrăbdoûkhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀρχῐρᾰβδούχῐσσᾰ (arkhĭrăbdoúkhĭssă)

Further reading

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