ἑκατόνταρχος

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἑκατόν (hekatón, “hundred”) +‎ ἄρχω (árkhō, “to rule”). Calque of Old Persian *θatapatiš (“commander of a hundred men”).[1][2][3]

Noun

ἑκᾰτόντᾰρχος • (hekătóntărkhos) m (genitive ἑκᾰτοντᾰ́ρχου); second declension

  1. centurion

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ἑκᾰτόντᾰρχος; τοῦ ἑκᾰτοντᾰ́ρχου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ ἑκᾰτόντᾰρχος
ho hekătóntărkhos 		τὼ ἑκᾰτοντᾰ́ρχω
tṑ hekătontắrkhō 		οἱ ἑκᾰτόντᾰρχοι
hoi hekătóntărkhoi
Genitive τοῦ ἑκᾰτοντᾰ́ρχου
toû hekătontắrkhou 		τοῖν ἑκᾰτοντᾰ́ρχοιν
toîn hekătontắrkhoin 		τῶν ἑκᾰτοντᾰ́ρχων
tôn hekătontắrkhōn
Dative τῷ ἑκᾰτοντᾰ́ρχῳ
tôi hekătontắrkhōi 		τοῖν ἑκᾰτοντᾰ́ρχοιν
toîn hekătontắrkhoin 		τοῖς ἑκᾰτοντᾰ́ρχοις
toîs hekătontắrkhois
Accusative τὸν ἑκᾰτόντᾰρχον
tòn hekătóntărkhon 		τὼ ἑκᾰτοντᾰ́ρχω
tṑ hekătontắrkhō 		τοὺς ἑκᾰτοντᾰ́ρχους
toùs hekătontắrkhous
Vocative ἑκᾰτόντᾰρχε
hekătóntărkhe 		ἑκᾰτοντᾰ́ρχω
hekătontắrkhō 		ἑκᾰτόντᾰρχοι
hekătóntărkhoi
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Descendants

See also

References

  1. ^ Hinz, Walther (1975) Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 240
  2. ^ Tavernier, Jan (2007) Iranica in the Achaemenid Period (ca. 550–330 B.C.): Lexicon of Old Iranian Proper Names and Loanwords, Attested in Non-Iranian Texts, Peeters Publishers, →ISBN, page 431
  3. ^ “Persian Loanwords and Names in Greek”, in Encyclopædia Iranica‎, 2002 December 15
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