ἐλεφαντάρχης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant”) +‎ -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler, leader”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.le.pʰan.tár.kʰɛːs/ → /e.le.ɸanˈtar.çis/ → /e.le.fanˈdar.çis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.le.pʰan.tár.kʰɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.le.pʰanˈtar.kʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.le.ɸanˈtar.çis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.le.fanˈtar.çis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.le.fanˈdar.çis/

Noun

ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχης • (elephantárkhēs) m (genitive ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχου); first declension

1. elephantarch; commander of a squadron of sixteen elephants

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχης; τοῦ ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχης ho elephantárkhēs	τὼ ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ elephantárkhā	οἱ ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχαι hoi elephantárkhai
Genitive	τοῦ ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχου toû elephantárkhou	τοῖν ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχαιν toîn elephantárkhain	τῶν ἐλεφᾰντᾰρχῶν tôn elephantarkhôn
Dative	τῷ ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχῃ tôi elephantárkhēi	τοῖν ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχαιν toîn elephantárkhain	τοῖς ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχαις toîs elephantárkhais
Accusative	τὸν ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχην tòn elephantárkhēn	τὼ ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ elephantárkhā	τοὺς ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχᾱς toùs elephantárkhās
Vocative	ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχη elephantárkhē	ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχᾱ elephantárkhā	ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχαι elephantárkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἐλεφᾰντᾰρχῐ́ᾱ (elephantarkhíā)

Further reading

• “ἐλεφαντάρχης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἐλεφαντάρχης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐλεφαντάρχης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)