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ἔπαρχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἔπαρχος ἔπαρχον

Structure: ἐπαρχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)rxh/

Sense

  1. a commander
  2. praefectus

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative έ̓παρχος έ̓παρχον
Genitive ἐπάρχου ἐπάρχου
Dative ἐπάρχῳ ἐπάρχῳ
Accusative έ̓παρχον έ̓παρχον
Vocative έ̓παρχε έ̓παρχον
DualN/A/V ἐπάρχω ἐπάρχω
G/D ἐπάρχοιν ἐπάρχοιν
PluralNominative έ̓παρχοι έ̓παρχα
Genitive ἐπάρχων ἐπάρχων
Dative ἐπάρχοις ἐπάρχοις
Accusative ἐπάρχους έ̓παρχα
Vocative έ̓παρχοι έ̓παρχα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective έ̓παρχος ἐπάρχου ἐπαρχότερος ἐπαρχοτέρου ἐπαρχότατος ἐπαρχοτάτου
Adverb ἐπάρχως ἐπαρχότερον ἐπαρχότατα

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

  • ὁ δὲ Μενέλαοσ τῆσ μὲν ἀρχῆσ ἐκράτει, τῶν δὲ ἐπηγγελμένων τῷ βασιλεῖ χρημάτων οὐδὲν εὐτάκνει. ποιουμένου δὲ τὴν ἀπαίτησιν Σωστράτου τοῦ τῆσ ἀκροπόλεωσ ἐπάρχου, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 4:27)
  • τὴν δὲ ἐπιμέλειαν τούτων εἶναι Ἀναβασσάρου τοῦ ἐπάρχου καὶ τῆσ Συρίασ τε καὶ Φοινίκησ ἡγεμόνοσ καὶ τῶν ἑταίρων αὐτοῦ, ὅπωσ αὐτοὶ μὲν ἀφέξονται τοῦ τόπου, τοῖσ δὲ δούλοισ τοῦ θεοῦ Ιοὐδαίοισ τε καὶ ἡγεμόσιν αὐτῶν ἐπιτρέψουσιν οἰκοδομηθῆναι τὸν ναόν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 11 126:1)

Synonyms

  1. a commander

Related

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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