ἀρχαῖος
See also: αρχαίος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “beginning”) + -ιος (-ios, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ar.kʰâi̯.os/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /arˈkʰɛ.os/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /arˈçɛ.os/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /arˈçe.os/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /arˈçe.os/
Adjective
ἀρχαῖος • (arkhaîos) m (feminine ἀρχαία, neuter ἀρχαῖον); first/second declension
- Pertaining to the beginning
- ancient, primeval
Declension
First and second declension of ἀρχαῖος; ἀρχαίᾱ; ἀρχαῖον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |||||
Nominative | ἀρχαῖος arkhaîos | ἀρχαίᾱ arkhaíā | ἀρχαῖον arkhaîon | ἀρχαίω arkhaíō | ἀρχαίᾱ arkhaíā | ἀρχαίω arkhaíō | ἀρχαῖοι arkhaîoi | ἀρχαῖαι arkhaîai | ἀρχαῖᾰ arkhaîa | |||||
Genitive | ἀρχαίου arkhaíou | ἀρχαίᾱς arkhaíās | ἀρχαίου arkhaíou | ἀρχαίοιν arkhaíoin | ἀρχαίαιν arkhaíain | ἀρχαίοιν arkhaíoin | ἀρχαίων arkhaíōn | ἀρχαίων arkhaíōn | ἀρχαίων arkhaíōn | |||||
Dative | ἀρχαίῳ arkhaíōi | ἀρχαίᾳ arkhaíāi | ἀρχαίῳ arkhaíōi | ἀρχαίοιν arkhaíoin | ἀρχαίαιν arkhaíain | ἀρχαίοιν arkhaíoin | ἀρχαίοις arkhaíois | ἀρχαίαις arkhaíais | ἀρχαίοις arkhaíois | |||||
Accusative | ἀρχαῖον arkhaîon | ἀρχαίᾱν arkhaíān | ἀρχαῖον arkhaîon | ἀρχαίω arkhaíō | ἀρχαίᾱ arkhaíā | ἀρχαίω arkhaíō | ἀρχαίους arkhaíous | ἀρχαίᾱς arkhaíās | ἀρχαῖᾰ arkhaîa | |||||
Vocative | ἀρχαῖε arkhaîe | ἀρχαίᾱ arkhaíā | ἀρχαῖον arkhaîon | ἀρχαίω arkhaíō | ἀρχαίᾱ arkhaíā | ἀρχαίω arkhaíō | ἀρχαῖοι arkhaîoi | ἀρχαῖαι arkhaîai | ἀρχαῖᾰ arkhaîa | |||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἀρχαίως arkhaíōs | ἀρχαιότερος arkhaióteros | ἀρχαιότᾰτος arkhaiótatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀρχαιότης (arkhaiótēs)
See also
- γεραιός (geraiós)
- παλαιός (palaiós)
Further reading
- “ἀρχαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀρχαῖος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀρχαῖος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ἀρχαῖος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- “ἀρχαῖος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G744 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- ancient idem, page 29.
- antiquated idem, page 32.
- antique idem, page 32.
- by-gone idem, page 107.
- date idem, page 196.
- disuse idem, page 243.
- early idem, page 258.
- effete idem, page 262.
- fashion idem, page 308.
- former idem, page 339.
- hackneyed idem, page 380.
- immemorial idem, page 417.
- obsolete idem, page 567.
- old idem, page 572.
- old-fashioned idem, page 572.
- original idem, page 579.
- played out idem, page 619.
- primeval idem, page 641.
- primitive idem, page 641.
- primordial idem, page 641.
- pristine idem, page 642.
- stale idem, page 809.
- superannuated idem, page 838.
- threadbare idem, page 869.
- trite idem, page 896.
- unfashionable idem, page 917.