ναύαρχος

ναύαρχος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ναύαρχης (naúarkhēs)

Etymology

From ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) +‎ ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /nǎu̯.ar.kʰos/ → /ˈna.βar.xos/ → /ˈna.var.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /nǎu̯.ar.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈna.war.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈna.βar.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈna.var.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈna.var.xos/

Noun

ναύᾰρχος • (naúarkhos) m (genitive ναυᾰ́ρχου); second declension

1. commander of a fleet, admiral
2. (in Sparta) admiral in chief

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ναύᾰρχος; τοῦ ναυᾰ́ρχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ναύᾰρχος ho naúarkhos	τὼ ναυᾰ́ρχω tṑ nauárkhō	οἱ ναύᾰρχοι hoi naúarkhoi
Genitive	τοῦ ναυᾰ́ρχου toû nauárkhou	τοῖν ναυᾰ́ρχοιν toîn nauárkhoin	τῶν ναυᾰ́ρχων tôn nauárkhōn
Dative	τῷ ναυᾰ́ρχῳ tôi nauárkhōi	ναυᾰ́ρχοιν nauárkhoin	τοῖς ναυᾰ́ρχοις toîs nauárkhois
Accusative	τὸν ναύᾰρχον tòn naúarkhon	ναυᾰ́ρχω nauárkhō	τοὺς ναυᾰ́ρχους toùs nauárkhous
Vocative	ναύᾰρχε naúarkhe	ναυᾰ́ρχω nauárkhō	ναύᾰρχοι naúarkhoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ναυαρχέω (nauarkhéō)
• ναυαρχία (nauarkhía)
• ναυαρχίς (nauarkhís)

 

Descendants

• → Latin: navarchus
  • → English: navarch

Further reading

• ναύαρχος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ναύαρχος in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ναύαρχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette