ὄρχαμος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From the o-grade of Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”), the root of ἄρχω (árkhō).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ór.kʰa.mos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈor.kʰa.mos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈor.xa.mos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈor.xa.mos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈor.xa.mos/
Usage notes
Occurs in Homer only in the phrases ὄρχαμος ἀνδρῶν (órkhamos andrôn, “leader of men”) and ὄρχαμε λαῶν (órkhame laôn, “O leader of people”). Attested only in the singular.
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὄρχᾰμος órkhamos | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | ὀρχᾰ́μου / ὀρχᾰμοῖο / ὀρχᾰ́μοιο / ὀρχᾰμόο / ὀρχᾰ́μοο orkhámou / orkhamoîo / orkhámoio / orkhamóo / orkhámoo | ||||||||||||
| Dative | ὀρχᾰ́μῳ orkhámōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | ὄρχᾰμον órkhamon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | ὄρχᾰμε órkhame | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ὄρχαμος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ὄρχαμος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ὄρχαμος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ὄρχαμος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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