μόναρχος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μονάρχης (monárkhēs)
- μούναρχος (moúnarkhos) – Ionic
Etymology
Derived from μόνος (mónos, “single, only”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler, leader”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mó.nar.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈmo.nar.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈmo.nar.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈmo.nar.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈmo.nar.xos/
Noun
μόνᾰρχος • (mónarkhos) m (genitive μονᾰ́ρχου); second declension
- king, monarch
- commander, general
- dictator
- high magistrate
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ μόνᾰρχος; τοῦ μονᾰ́ρχου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ μόνᾰρχος ho mónarkhos | τὼ μονᾰ́ρχω tṑ monárkhō | οἱ μόνᾰρχοι hoi mónarkhoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μονᾰ́ρχου toû monárkhou | τοῖν μονᾰ́ρχοιν toîn monárkhoin | τῶν μονᾰ́ρχων tôn monárkhōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μονᾰ́ρχῳ tôi monárkhōi | τοῖν μονᾰ́ρχοιν toîn monárkhoin | τοῖς μονᾰ́ρχοις toîs monárkhois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν μόνᾰρχον tòn mónarkhon | τὼ μονᾰ́ρχω tṑ monárkhō | τοὺς μονᾰ́ρχους toùs monárkhous | ||||||||||
Vocative | μόνᾰρχε mónarkhe | μονᾰ́ρχω monárkhō | μόνᾰρχοι mónarkhoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- μοναρχέω (monarkhéō)
- μοναρχία (monarkhía)
- μοναρχικός (monarkhikós)
Further reading
- μόναρχος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press