ἀρχεῖον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Neuter of *ἀρχεῖος (arkheîos, “related to office”), from ἀρχή (arkhḗ, “office, government, rule”), from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to rule”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ar.kʰêː.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /arˈkʰi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /arˈçi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /arˈçi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /arˈçi.on/
Noun
ἀρχεῖον • (arkheîon) n (genitive ἀρχείου); second declension
- public building, town hall
- (plural) archives, public records
Declension
Second declension of τὸ ἀρχεῖον; τοῦ ἀρχείου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ ἀρχεῖον tò arkheîon | τὼ ἀρχείω tṑ arkheíō | τᾰ̀ ἀρχεῖᾰ tà arkheîa | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀρχείου toû arkheíou | τοῖν ἀρχείοιν toîn arkheíoin | τῶν ἀρχείων tôn arkheíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀρχείῳ tôi arkheíōi | τοῖν ἀρχείοιν toîn arkheíoin | τοῖς ἀρχείοις toîs arkheíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἀρχεῖον tò arkheîon | τὼ ἀρχείω tṑ arkheíō | τᾰ̀ ἀρχεῖᾰ tà arkheîa | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀρχεῖον arkheîon | ἀρχείω arkheíō | ἀρχεῖᾰ arkheîa | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: archīvum (see there for further descendants)
- → Hebrew: ארכיון (arkhiyón)
Further reading
- “ἀρχεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀρχεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀρχεῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀρχεῖον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- hall idem, page 381.
- presidency idem, page 637.
- residency idem, page 701.
- town hall idem, page 884.
- archive in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911