ἄρταμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Originally explained as a haplology of *ἀρτί-ταμος (*artí-tamos) or *ἀρτό-ταμος (*artó-tamos), with the meaning "artful cutting". However, this explanation makes little sense and DELG objects that -τομος should be expected, instead of -ταμος. Furnée thinks it is a Pre-Greek word; compare however Classical Syriac ܩܰܪܛܶܡ (qarṭem, “to cut short, to trim”): the abundance of such roots like ق ر ط (q r ṭ) and ق ر ض (q r ḍ) across Semitic, as well the consideration that butchers probably were institutionalized earlier in the Orient, may suggest a Semitic borrowing. Similarly, Arabic قَصَّاب (qaṣṣāb, “butcher”) has been borrowed from the Aramaic language which ruled in the area in question.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ár.ta.mos/ → /ˈar.ta.mos/ → /ˈar.ta.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ár.ta.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ta.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ta.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ta.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ta.mos/

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Noun

ἄρτᾰμος • (ártămos) m (genitive ἀρτᾰ́μου); second declension

1. butcher, cook

   Synonym: μᾰ́γειρος (mắgeiros)

2. (figuratively) murderer

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἄρτᾰμος; τοῦ ἀρτᾰ́μου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἄρτᾰμος ho ártămos	τὼ ἀρτᾰ́μω tṑ artắmō	οἱ ἄρτᾰμοι hoi ártămoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρτᾰ́μου toû artắmou	τοῖν ἀρτᾰ́μοιν toîn artắmoin	τῶν ἀρτᾰ́μων tôn artắmōn
Dative	τῷ ἀρτᾰ́μῳ tôi artắmōi	τοῖν ἀρτᾰ́μοιν toîn artắmoin	τοῖς ἀρτᾰ́μοις toîs artắmois
Accusative	τὸν ἄρτᾰμον tòn ártămon	τὼ ἀρτᾰ́μω tṑ artắmō	τοὺς ἀρτᾰ́μους toùs artắmous
Vocative	ἄρτᾰμε ártăme	ἀρτᾰ́μω artắmō	ἄρτᾰμοι ártămoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἄρταμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἄρταμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄρταμος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN