πατριάρχης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πᾰτρῐᾱ́ (patriā́) +‎ -ᾰ́ρχης (-árkhēs)

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχης • (patriárkhēs) m (genitive πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχου); first declension

  1. (Judaism and Christianity) a patriarch (the father or chief of a race)
    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, 1 Chronicles 27.22
    • Act.Ap. 2.29
    • Act.Ap. 7.8
    • Ep.Hebr. 7.4
  2. (Christianity, as Πατριάρχης in titular use) a patriarch (borne as a title by the bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria)

Declension
First declension of ὁ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχης; τοῦ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχης
ho patriárkhēs		 τὼ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχᾱ
tṑ patriárkhā		 οἱ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχαι
hoi patriárkhai
Genitive τοῦ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχου
toû patriárkhou		 τοῖν πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχαιν
toîn patriárkhain		 τῶν πᾰτρῐᾰρχῶν
tôn patriarkhôn
Dative τῷ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχῃ
tôi patriárkhēi		 τοῖν πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχαιν
toîn patriárkhain		 τοῖς πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχαις
toîs patriárkhais
Accusative τὸν πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχην
tòn patriárkhēn		 τὼ πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχᾱ
tṑ patriárkhā		 τοὺς πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχᾱς
toùs patriárkhās
Vocative πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχᾰ
patriárkha		 πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχᾱ
patriárkhā		 πᾰτρῐᾰ́ρχαι
patriárkhai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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Greek

Etymology

Ancient Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs)

Noun

πατριάρχης • (patriárchis) m (plural πατριάρχες)

  1. (religion) patriarch (rank in church hierarchy)
  2. (religion) patriarch (character in the Old Testament)
  3. (religion) patriarch (clan chief)

Declension
declension of πατριάρχης
case     \     number singular plural
nominative πατριάρχης • πατριάρχες •
genitive πατριάρχη • πατριαρχών •
accusative πατριάρχη • πατριάρχες •
vocative πατριάρχη • πατριάρχες •

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