Ἀρχιμήδης

Ἀρχιμήδης

See also: Αρχιμήδης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀρχι- (arkhi-) +‎ μήδεα (mḗdea) +‎ -ης (-ēs)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.mɛ̌ː.dɛːs/ → /ar.çiˈmi.ðis/ → /ar.çiˈmi.ðis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.mɛ̌ː.dɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰiˈme̝.de̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.çiˈmi.ðis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.çiˈmi.ðis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.çiˈmi.ðis/

Proper noun

Ᾰ̓ρχῐμήδης • (Arkhimḗdēs) m (genitive Ᾰ̓ρχῐμήδους); third declension

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Archimedes
2. in particular, the 3rd century BCE mathematician Archimedes of Syracuse

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Ᾰ̓ρχῐμήδης; τοῦ Ᾰ̓ρχῐμήδους (contracted, Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ᾰ̓ρχῐμήδης ho Arkhimḗdēs
Genitive	τοῦ Ᾰ̓ρχῐμήδους toû Arkhimḗdous
Dative	τῷ Ᾰ̓ρχῐμήδει tôi Arkhimḗdei
Accusative	τὸν Ᾰ̓ρχῐμήδη tòn Arkhimḗdē
Vocative	Ᾰ̓ρχῐ́μηδες Arkhímēdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Αρχιμήδης (Archimídis)
• → Latin: Archimēdēs

References

• Ἀρχιμήδης 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, page 1,002