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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀρχηγός (arkhēgós, “beginning, originating; founder, chief, originator”),[1] from ἀρχή (arkhḗ) + ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai) or ἄγω (ágō).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɾçiˈɣos/
- Hyphenation: α‧ρχη‧γός
Noun
αρχηγός • (archigós) m (plural αρχηγοί, feminine αρχηγίνα)
- leader
- boss
Declension
- αρχηγείο n (archigeío, “headquarters”)
- αρχηγέτης m (archigétis, “leader”)
- αρχηγέτιδα f (archigétida, “leader”)
- αρχηγεύω (archigévo, “to lead”)
- αρχηγία f (archigía, “leadership”)
- αρχηγικός (archigikós, “leading”, adjective)
- αρχηγίνα f (archigína, “leader, boss”)
- αρχηγίσκος m (archigískos, “bad leader”)
- αρχηγισμός m (archigismós)
References
- ^ αρχηγός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
- ^ “αρχηγός”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011