αρχηγός

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀρχηγός (arkhēgós, beginning, originating; founder, chief, originator),[1] from ἀρχή (arkhḗ) +‎ ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai) or ἄγω (ágō).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aɾçiˈɣos/
  • Hyphenation: α‧ρχη‧γός

Noun

αρχηγός • (archigósm (plural αρχηγοί, feminine αρχηγίνα)

  1. leader
  2. boss

Declension

Declension of αρχηγός
singular plural
nominative αρχηγός (archigós) αρχηγοί (archigoí)
genitive αρχηγού (archigoú) αρχηγών (archigón)
accusative αρχηγό (archigó) αρχηγούς (archigoús)
vocative αρχηγέ (archigé) αρχηγοί (archigoí)

References

  1. ^ αρχηγός, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ αρχηγός, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011