ἀρχιδιάκονος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀρχῐ- (arkhi-, “chief”) + δῐᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “deacon”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ar.kʰi.di.ǎː.ko.nos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ar.kʰi.diˈa.ko.nos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ar.çi.ðiˈa.ko.nos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ar.çi.ðiˈa.ko.nos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ar.çi.ðiˈa.ko.nos/
Noun
ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονος • (arkhidiā́konos) m (genitive ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνου); second declension
- chief deacon
Declension
Second declension of ὁ ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονος; τοῦ ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονος ho arkhidiā́konos | τὼ ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνω tṑ arkhidiākónō | οἱ ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονοι hoi arkhidiā́konoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνου toû arkhidiākónou | τοῖν ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνοιν toîn arkhidiākónoin | τῶν ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνων tôn arkhidiākónōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνῳ tôi arkhidiākónōi | τοῖν ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνοιν toîn arkhidiākónoin | τοῖς ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνοις toîs arkhidiākónois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονον tòn arkhidiā́konon | τὼ ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνω tṑ arkhidiākónō | τοὺς ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνους toùs arkhidiākónous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονε arkhidiā́kone | ἀρχῐδῐᾱκόνω arkhidiākónō | ἀρχῐδῐᾱ́κονοι arkhidiā́konoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: archidiaconus
- → Italian: arcidiacono (calque)
Further reading
- “ἀρχιδιάκονος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀρχιδιάκονος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)