πατριάρχης
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
πᾰτρῐᾱ́ (patriā́) + -ᾰ́ρχης (-árkhēs)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.tri.ár.kʰɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pa.triˈar.kʰe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pa.triˈar.çis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pa.triˈar.çis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pa.triˈar.çis/
Noun
πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχης • (patriárkhēs) m (genitive πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχου); first declension
- (Judaism and Christianity) a patriarch (the father or chief of a race)
- Act.Ap. 2.29
- Act.Ap. 7.8
- Ep.Hebr. 7.4
- (Christianity, as Πατριάρχης in titular use) a patriarch (borne as a title by the bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχης ho patriárkhēs |
τὼ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ patriárkhā |
οἱ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχαι hoi patriárkhai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχου toû patriárkhou |
τοῖν πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχαιν toîn patriárkhain |
τῶν πᾰτρῐᾰρχῶν tôn patriarkhôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχῃ tôi patriárkhēi |
τοῖν πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχαιν toîn patriárkhain |
τοῖς πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχαις toîs patriárkhais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχην tòn patriárkhēn |
τὼ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ patriárkhā |
τοὺς πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχᾱς toùs patriárkhās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχᾰ patriárkha |
πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχᾱ patriárkhā |
πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχαι patriárkhai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πᾰτρῐᾰρχῐ́ᾱ (patriarkhíā)
- πᾰτρῐᾰρχῐκός (patriarkhikós)
Descendants
- → Arabic: بَطْرَك
- → Coptic: ⲡⲁⲧⲣⲓⲁⲣⲭⲏⲥ (patriarkhēs)
- Greek: πατριάρχης (patriárchis)
- → Latin: patriarcha (see there for further descendants)
References
- “πατριάρχης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs)
Noun
πατριάρχης • (patriárchis) m (plural πατριάρχες)
- (religion) patriarch (rank in church hierarchy)
- (religion) patriarch (character in the Old Testament)
- (religion) patriarch (clan chief)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πατριάρχης (patriárchis) | πατριάρχες (patriárches) |
| genitive | πατριάρχη (patriárchi) | πατριαρχών (patriarchón) |
| accusative | πατριάρχη (patriárchi) | πατριάρχες (patriárches) |
| vocative | πατριάρχη (patriárchi) | πατριάρχες (patriárches) |
See also
- see: επίσκοπος m (epískopos, “bishop”)
Further reading
πατριάρχης on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
