ἰλάρχης

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• εἰλᾰ́ρχης (eilắrkhēs), βειλᾰ́ρχᾱς (beilắrkhās) — later
• ῑ̓́λᾰρχος (ī́lărkhos)

Etymology

From ῑ̓́λη (ī́lē, “troop of horse”) +‎ ᾰ̓ρχή (ărkhḗ, “rule, authority”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /iː.lar.kʰɛːs/ → /i.lar.çis/ → /i.lar.çis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /iː.lar.kʰɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.lar.kʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.lar.çis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.lar.çis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.lar.çis/

Noun

ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχης • (īlắrkhēs) m (genitive ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχου); first declension

1. the commander of a troop of horse

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχης; τοῦ ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχης ho īlắrkhēs	τὼ ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ īlắrkhā	οἱ ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχαι hoi īlắrkhai
Genitive	τοῦ ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχου toû īlắrkhou	τοῖν ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχαιν toîn īlắrkhain	τῶν ῑ̓λᾰρχῶν tôn īlărkhôn
Dative	τῷ ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχῃ tôi īlắrkhēi	τοῖν ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχαιν toîn īlắrkhain	τοῖς ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχαις toîs īlắrkhais
Accusative	τὸν ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχην tòn īlắrkhēn	τὼ ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ īlắrkhā	τοὺς ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχᾱς toùs īlắrkhās
Vocative	ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχη īlắrkhē	ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχᾱ īlắrkhā	ῑ̓λᾰ́ρχαι īlắrkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

• “ἰλάρχης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἰλάρχης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette