Ἀρχίλοχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἄρχω (árkhō) +‎ λόχος (lókhos)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.kʰí.lo.kʰos/ → /arˈçi.lo.xos/ → /arˈçi.lo.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰí.lo.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /arˈkʰi.lo.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /arˈçi.lo.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /arˈçi.lo.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /arˈçi.lo.xos/

Proper noun

Ἀρχίλοχος • (Arkhílokhos) m (genitive Ἀρχῐλόχου); second declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Archilochus
2. in particular, the 7th century BCE poet Archilochus of Paros

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ἀρχίλοχος; τοῦ Ἀρχιλόχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ἀρχίλοχος ho Arkhílokhos
Genitive	τοῦ Ἀρχιλόχου toû Arkhilókhou
Dative	τῷ Ἀρχιλόχῳ tôi Arkhilókhōi
Accusative	τὸν Ἀρχίλοχον tòn Arkhílokhon
Vocative	Ἀρχίλοχε Arkhílokhe
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αρχίλοχος (Archílochos)
• → Latin: Archilochus

Further reading

• Ἀρχίλοχος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “Ἀρχίλοχος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002