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ἀρχαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀρχαῖος ἀρχαίᾱ ἀρχαῖον

Structure: ἀρχαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)rxh/

Sense

  1. Pertaining to the beginning
  2. ancient, primeval

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἀρχαῖος ἀρχαίᾱ ἀρχαῖον
Genitive ἀρχαίου ἀρχαίᾱς ἀρχαίου
Dative ἀρχαίῳ ἀρχαίᾱͅ ἀρχαίῳ
Accusative ἀρχαῖον ἀρχαίᾱν ἀρχαῖον
Vocative ἀρχαῖε ἀρχαίᾱ ἀρχαῖον
DualN/A/V ἀρχαίω ἀρχαίᾱ ἀρχαίω
G/D ἀρχαίοιν ἀρχαίαιν ἀρχαίοιν
PluralNominative ἀρχαῖοι ἀρχαῖαι ἀρχαῖα
Genitive ἀρχαίων ἀρχαιῶν ἀρχαίων
Dative ἀρχαίοις ἀρχαίαις ἀρχαίοις
Accusative ἀρχαίους ἀρχαίᾱς ἀρχαῖα
Vocative ἀρχαῖοι ἀρχαῖαι ἀρχαῖα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀρχαῖος ἀρχαίου ἀρχαιώτερος ἀρχαιωτέρου ἀρχαιώτατος ἀρχαιωτάτου
Adverb ἀρχαίως ἀρχαιώτερον ἀρχαιώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • εἰσὶ δή τινεσ ἀρχαῖαι γραφαί, χρώμασι μὲν εἰργασμέναι ἁπλῶσ καὶ οὐδεμίαν ἐν τοῖσ μίγμασιν ἔχουσαι ποικιλίαν, ἀκριβεῖσ δὲ ταῖσ γραμμαῖσ καὶ πολὺ τὸ χαρίεν ἐν ταύταισ ἔχουσαι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 42)
  • "ᾖδον, φησίν, αἱ ἀρχαῖαι γυναῖκεσ Καλύκην τινὰ ᾠδήν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 14, book 14, chapter 11 1:1)
  • τὸν δ’ ἐν Οὐλύμπῳ φάτναι Ζηνὸσ ἀρχαῖαι δέκονται. (Pindar, Odes, olympian odes, olympian 13 25:2)
  • αἱ γὰρ ἀρχαῖαι θυσίαι καὶ σύνοδοι φαίνονται γίνεσθαι μετὰ τὰσ τῶν καρπῶν συγκομιδὰσ οἱο͂ν ἀπαρχαί· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 8 96:7)
  • ἦσαν δὲ αἱ ἀρχαῖαι πολιτεῖαι εὐλόγωσ ὀλιγαρχικαὶ καὶ βασιλικαί. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 4 211:1)

Synonyms

  1. Pertaining to the beginning

  2. ancient

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