ἱεράρχης

See also: ιεράρχης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) +‎ -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler”, “leader”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.eˈrar.çis/ → /i.eˈrar.çis/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /(h)i.eˈrar.kʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.eˈrar.çis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.eˈrar.çis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.eˈrar.çis/

Noun

ῐ̔ερᾰ́ρχης • (hierárkhēs) m (genitive ῐ̔ερᾰ́ρχου); first declension

1. high priest
2. hierarch
3. (Byzantine) bishop

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ῐ̔ερᾰ́ρχης; τοῦ ῐ̔ερᾰ́ρχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ῐ̔ερᾰ́ρχης ho hierárkhēs	τὼ ῐ̔ερᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ hierárkhā	οἱ ῐ̔ερᾰ́ρχαι hoi hierárkhai
Genitive	τοῦ ῐ̔ερᾰ́ρχου toû hierárkhou	τοῖν ῐ̔ερᾰ́ρχαιν toîn hierárkhain	τῶν ῐ̔ερᾰρχῶν tôn hierarkhôn
Dative	τῷ ῐ̔ερᾰ́ρχῃ tôi hierárkhēi	τοῖν ῐ̔ερᾰ́ρχαιν toîn hierárkhain	τοῖς ῐ̔ερᾰ́ρχαις toîs hierárkhais
Accusative	τὸν ῐ̔ερᾰ́ρχην tòn hierárkhēn	τὼ ῐ̔ερᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ hierárkhā	τοὺς ῐ̔ερᾰ́ρχᾱς toùs hierárkhās
Vocative	ῐ̔ερᾰ́ρχᾰ hierárkha	ῐ̔ερᾰ́ρχᾱ hierárkhā	ῐ̔ερᾰ́ρχαι hierárkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἱεραρχέω (hierarkhéō)
• ἱεραρχία (hierarkhía)
• ἱεραρχικός (hierarkhikós)

Descendants

Descendants

• Greek: ιεράρχης (ierárchis)
• Latin: hierarcha
• Polish: hierarcha
• Russian: иера́рх (ijerárx)

Further reading

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