ναύαρχος
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ναύαρχης (naúarkhēs)
Etymology
From ναῦς (naûs, “ship”) + ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /nǎu̯.ar.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈna.war.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈna.βar.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈna.var.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈna.var.xos/
Noun
ναύᾰρχος • (naúarkhos) m (genitive ναυᾰ́ρχου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ναύᾰρχος ho naúarkhos |
τὼ ναυᾰ́ρχω tṑ nauárkhō |
οἱ ναύᾰρχοι hoi naúarkhoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ναυᾰ́ρχου toû nauárkhou |
τοῖν ναυᾰ́ρχοιν toîn nauárkhoin |
τῶν ναυᾰ́ρχων tôn nauárkhōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ναυᾰ́ρχῳ tôi nauárkhōi |
τοῖν ναυᾰ́ρχοιν toîn nauárkhoin |
τοῖς ναυᾰ́ρχοις toîs nauárkhois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ναύᾰρχον tòn naúarkhon |
τὼ ναυᾰ́ρχω tṑ nauárkhō |
τοὺς ναυᾰ́ρχους toùs nauárkhous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ναύᾰρχε naúarkhe |
ναυᾰ́ρχω nauárkhō |
ναύᾰρχοι naúarkhoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “ναύαρχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ναύαρχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ναύαρχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ναύαρχος (naúarkhos, “fleet commander, admiral”).
Noun
ναύαρχος • (návarchos) m or f (plural ναύαρχοι)
- (nautical) admiral in the Royal Navy and in the US navy, a rank with the NATO grade OF-9
- Synonym: (abbreviation) νχος (nchos)
Declension
Declension of ναύαρχος
Coordinate terms
Further reading
ναύαρχος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
