ἐλεφαντάρχης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἐλέφᾱς (eléphās, “elephant”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler, leader”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.le.pʰan.tár.kʰɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.le.pʰanˈtar.kʰe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.le.ɸanˈtar.çis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.le.fanˈtar.çis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.le.fanˈdar.çis/
Noun
ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχης • (elephantárkhēs) m (genitive ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχου); first declension
- elephantarch; commander of a squadron of sixteen elephants
Inflection
First declension of ὁ ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχης; τοῦ ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχης ho elephantárkhēs | τὼ ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ elephantárkhā | οἱ ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχαι hoi elephantárkhai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχου toû elephantárkhou | τοῖν ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχαιν toîn elephantárkhain | τῶν ἐλεφᾰντᾰρχῶν tôn elephantarkhôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχῃ tôi elephantárkhēi | τοῖν ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχαιν toîn elephantárkhain | τοῖς ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχαις toîs elephantárkhais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχην tòn elephantárkhēn | τὼ ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ elephantárkhā | τοὺς ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχᾱς toùs elephantárkhās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχη elephantárkhē | ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχᾱ elephantárkhā | ἐλεφᾰντᾰ́ρχαι elephantárkhai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐλεφᾰντᾰρχῐ́ᾱ (elephantarkhíā)
Further reading
- “ἐλεφαντάρχης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἐλεφαντάρχης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐλεφαντάρχης in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2023)