ἀρχιμανδρίτης
See also: αρχιμανδρίτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “primary”) + μάνδρα (mándra, “enclosed space, monastery”) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs, “member of”).
Pronunciation
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ar.çi.manˈdri.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ar.çi.manˈdri.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ar.çi.manˈdri.tis/
Noun
ἀρχιμανδρῑ́της • (arkhimandrī́tēs) m (genitive ἀρχιμανδρῑ́του); first declension
- chief of a μάνδρα (mándra, “monastery”), abbot
Declension
First declension of ὁ ἀρχιμανδρῑ́της; τοῦ ἀρχιμανδρῑ́του (Attic)
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ ἀρχιμανδρῑ́της ho arkhimandrī́tēs | τὼ ἀρχιμανδρῑ́τᾱ tṑ arkhimandrī́tā | οἱ ἀρχιμανδρῖται hoi arkhimandrîtai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀρχιμανδρῑ́του toû arkhimandrī́tou | τοῖν ἀρχιμανδρῑ́ταιν toîn arkhimandrī́tain | τῶν ἀρχιμανδρῑτῶν tôn arkhimandrītôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀρχιμανδρῑ́τῃ tôi arkhimandrī́tēi | τοῖν ἀρχιμανδρῑ́ταιν toîn arkhimandrī́tain | τοῖς ἀρχιμανδρῑ́ταις toîs arkhimandrī́tais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἀρχιμανδρῑ́την tòn arkhimandrī́tēn | τὼ ἀρχιμανδρῑ́τᾱ tṑ arkhimandrī́tā | τοὺς ἀρχιμανδρῑ́τᾱς toùs arkhimandrī́tās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀρχιμανδρῖτᾰ arkhimandrîta | ἀρχιμανδρῑ́τᾱ arkhimandrī́tā | ἀρχιμανδρῖται arkhimandrîtai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Bulgarian: архимандрит (arhimandrit)
- → Finnish: arkkimandriitta
- → Georgian: არქიმანდრიტი (arkimandriṭi)
- → German: Archimandrit
- Greek: αρχιμανδρίτης (archimandrítis)
- → Hungarian: arkimandrita
- → Latin: archimandrīta (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Armenian: արքիմանտրիտ (arkʿimantrit)
- → Polish: archimandryta
- → Russian: архимандри́т (arximandrít)
- → Serbo-Croatian: arhimandrit
- → Swedish: Arkimandrit
- → Ukrainian: архімандрит (arximandryt)
References
- “ἀρχιμανδρίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀρχιμανδρίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀρχιμανδρίτης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)