ἀρκετός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρκέω (arkéō, “to be enough”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.ke.tós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.keˈtos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.ceˈtos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.ceˈtos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.ceˈtos/

Adjective

ἀρκετός • (arketós) m (feminine ᾰ̓ρκετή, neuter ᾰ̓ρκετόν); first/second declension

sufficient, enough
(of persons) satisfactory

Usage notes

This can be found in the construction: ἀρκετόν + inf., "it is enough to..."

Inflection

First and second declension of ᾰ̓ρκετός; ᾰ̓ρκετή; ᾰ̓ρκετόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓ρκετός arketós	ᾰ̓ρκετή arketḗ	ᾰ̓ρκετόν arketón	ᾰ̓ρκετώ arketṓ	ᾰ̓ρκετᾱ́ arketā́	ᾰ̓ρκετώ arketṓ	ᾰ̓ρκετοί arketoí	ᾰ̓ρκεταί arketaí	ᾰ̓ρκετᾰ́ arketá
Genitive	ᾰ̓ρκετοῦ arketoû	ᾰ̓ρκετῆς arketês	ᾰ̓ρκετοῦ arketoû	ᾰ̓ρκετοῖν arketoîn	ᾰ̓ρκεταῖν arketaîn	ᾰ̓ρκετοῖν arketoîn	ᾰ̓ρκετῶν arketôn	ᾰ̓ρκετῶν arketôn	ᾰ̓ρκετῶν arketôn
Dative	ᾰ̓ρκετῷ arketôi	ᾰ̓ρκετῇ arketêi	ᾰ̓ρκετῷ arketôi	ᾰ̓ρκετοῖν arketoîn	ᾰ̓ρκεταῖν arketaîn	ᾰ̓ρκετοῖν arketoîn	ᾰ̓ρκετοῖς arketoîs	ᾰ̓ρκεταῖς arketaîs	ᾰ̓ρκετοῖς arketoîs
Accusative	ᾰ̓ρκετόν arketón	ᾰ̓ρκετήν arketḗn	ᾰ̓ρκετόν arketón	ᾰ̓ρκετώ arketṓ	ᾰ̓ρκετᾱ́ arketā́	ᾰ̓ρκετώ arketṓ	ᾰ̓ρκετούς arketoús	ᾰ̓ρκετᾱ́ς arketā́s	ᾰ̓ρκετᾰ́ arketá
Vocative	ᾰ̓ρκετέ arketé	ᾰ̓ρκετή arketḗ	ᾰ̓ρκετόν arketón	ᾰ̓ρκετώ arketṓ	ᾰ̓ρκετᾱ́ arketā́	ᾰ̓ρκετώ arketṓ	ᾰ̓ρκετοί arketoí	ᾰ̓ρκεταί arketaí	ᾰ̓ρκετᾰ́ arketá
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓ρκετῶς arketôs			ᾰ̓ρκετίων arketíōn			ᾰ̓ρκέτιστος arkétistos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: αρκετός (arketós, “adequate”)
Greek: αρκετά (arketá, “enough”)

References

“ἀρκετός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀρκετός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἀρκετός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
G713 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
ἀρκετός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften