ἀρχαϊσμός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀρχαΐζω (arkhaḯzō, “be old-fashioned”) + -μός (-mós).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ar.kʰa.iz.mós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ar.kʰa.izˈmos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ar.xa.izˈmos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ar.xa.izˈmos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ar.xa.izˈmos/
Noun
ἀρχαϊσμός • (arkhaïsmós) m (genitive ἀρχαϊσμοῦ); second declension
- old-world charm (of style)
- use of obsolete expressions
- ancient custom
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἀρχαϊσμός; τοῦ ἀρχαϊσμοῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἀρχαϊσμός ho arkhaïsmós | τὼ ἀρχαϊσμώ tṑ arkhaïsmṓ | οἱ ἀρχαϊσμοί hoi arkhaïsmoí | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀρχαϊσμοῦ toû arkhaïsmoû | τοῖν ἀρχαϊσμοῖν toîn arkhaïsmoîn | τῶν ἀρχαϊσμῶν tôn arkhaïsmôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀρχαϊσμῷ tôi arkhaïsmôi | τοῖν ἀρχαϊσμοῖν toîn arkhaïsmoîn | τοῖς ἀρχαϊσμοῖς toîs arkhaïsmoîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἀρχαϊσμόν tòn arkhaïsmón | τὼ ἀρχαϊσμώ tṑ arkhaïsmṓ | τοὺς ἀρχαϊσμούς toùs arkhaïsmoús | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀρχαϊσμέ arkhaïsmé | ἀρχαϊσμώ arkhaïsmṓ | ἀρχαϊσμοί arkhaïsmoí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: archaism
Further reading
- ἀρχαϊσμός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀρχαϊσμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀρχαϊσμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)