ὄρχαμος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”), the root of ἄρχω (árkhō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ór.kʰa.mos/ → /ˈor.xa.mos/ → /ˈor.xa.mos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ór.kʰa.mos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈor.kʰa.mos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈor.xa.mos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈor.xa.mos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈor.xa.mos/

Noun

ὄρχᾰμος • (órkhamos) m (genitive ὀρχάμου); second declension

1. (Epic) chief, leader

Usage notes

Occurs in Homer only in the phrases ὄρχαμος ἀνδρῶν (órkhamos andrôn, “leader of men”) and ὄρχαμε λαῶν (órkhame laôn, “O leader of people”). Attested only in the singular.

Declension

Second declension of ὄρχᾰμος; ὀρχᾰ́μου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὄρχᾰμος órkhamos
Genitive	ὀρχᾰ́μου / ὀρχᾰμοῖο / ὀρχᾰ́μοιο / ὀρχᾰμόο / ὀρχᾰ́μοο orkhámou / orkhamoîo / orkhámoio / orkhamóo / orkhámoo
Dative	ὀρχᾰ́μῳ orkhámōi
Accusative	ὄρχᾰμον órkhamon
Vocative	ὄρχᾰμε órkhame
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Further reading

• “ὄρχαμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὄρχαμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὄρχαμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ὄρχαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press