ἄρρην

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ár̥.r̥ɛːn/ → /ˈar.rin/ → /ˈa.rin/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ár̥.r̥ɛːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈar.re̝n/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.rin/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.rin/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.rin/

Adjective

ᾰ̓́ρρην • (ắrrhēn) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́ρρεν); third declension

1. (Attic) Alternative form of ᾰ̓́ρσην (ắrsēn)

Declension

Third declension of ᾰ̓́ρρην; ᾰ̓́ρρεν (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́ρρην ắrrhēn	ᾰ̓́ρρεν ắrrhen		ᾰ̓́ρρενε ắrrhene	ᾰ̓́ρρενε ắrrhene		ᾰ̓́ρρενες ắrrhenes	ᾰ̓́ρρενᾰ ắrrhenă
Genitive		ᾰ̓́ρρενος ắrrhenos	ᾰ̓́ρρενος ắrrhenos		ᾰ̓ρρένοιν ărrhénoin	ᾰ̓ρρένοιν ărrhénoin		ᾰ̓ρρένων ărrhénōn	ᾰ̓ρρένων ărrhénōn
Dative		ᾰ̓́ρρενῐ ắrrhenĭ	ᾰ̓́ρρενῐ ắrrhenĭ		ᾰ̓ρρένοιν ărrhénoin	ᾰ̓ρρένοιν ărrhénoin		ᾰ̓́ρρεσῐ / ᾰ̓́ρρεσῐν ắrrhesĭ(n)	ᾰ̓́ρρεσῐ / ᾰ̓́ρρεσῐν ắrrhesĭ(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓́ρρενᾰ ắrrhenă	ᾰ̓́ρρεν ắrrhen		ᾰ̓́ρρενε ắrrhene	ᾰ̓́ρρενε ắrrhene		ᾰ̓́ρρενᾰς ắrrhenăs	ᾰ̓́ρρενᾰ ắrrhenă
Vocative		ᾰ̓́ρρεν ắrrhen	ᾰ̓́ρρεν ắrrhen		ᾰ̓́ρρενε ắrrhene	ᾰ̓́ρρενε ắrrhene		ᾰ̓́ρρενες ắrrhenes	ᾰ̓́ρρενᾰ ắrrhenă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓ρρένως ărrhénōs			ᾰ̓ρρέντερος ărrhénteros			ᾰ̓ρρέντᾰτος ărrhéntătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• ⇒ Greek: άρρενας (árrenas)

Further reading

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