ἀρκετός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρκέω (arkéō, “to be enough”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.ke.tós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.keˈtos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.ceˈtos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.ceˈtos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.ceˈtos/

Adjective

ἀρκετός • (arketós) m (feminine ᾰ̓ρκετή, neuter ᾰ̓ρκετόν); first/second declension

sufficient, enough
(of persons) satisfactory

Usage notes

This can be found in the construction: ἀρκετόν [ἐστι] + inf., "it is enough to..."

Inflection

First and second declension of ᾰ̓ρκετός; ᾰ̓ρκετή; ᾰ̓ρκετόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ᾰ̓ρκετός ărketós	ᾰ̓ρκετή ărketḗ	ᾰ̓ρκετόν ărketón	ᾰ̓ρκετώ ărketṓ	ᾰ̓ρκετᾱ́ ărketā́	ᾰ̓ρκετώ ărketṓ	ᾰ̓ρκετοί ărketoí	ᾰ̓ρκεταί ărketaí	ᾰ̓ρκετᾰ́ ărketắ
Genitive	ᾰ̓ρκετοῦ ărketoû	ᾰ̓ρκετῆς ărketês	ᾰ̓ρκετοῦ ărketoû	ᾰ̓ρκετοῖν ărketoîn	ᾰ̓ρκεταῖν ărketaîn	ᾰ̓ρκετοῖν ărketoîn	ᾰ̓ρκετῶν ărketôn	ᾰ̓ρκετῶν ărketôn	ᾰ̓ρκετῶν ărketôn
Dative	ᾰ̓ρκετῷ ărketōî	ᾰ̓ρκετῇ ărketēî	ᾰ̓ρκετῷ ărketōî	ᾰ̓ρκετοῖν ărketoîn	ᾰ̓ρκεταῖν ărketaîn	ᾰ̓ρκετοῖν ărketoîn	ᾰ̓ρκετοῖς ărketoîs	ᾰ̓ρκεταῖς ărketaîs	ᾰ̓ρκετοῖς ărketoîs
Accusative	ᾰ̓ρκετόν ărketón	ᾰ̓ρκετήν ărketḗn	ᾰ̓ρκετόν ărketón	ᾰ̓ρκετώ ărketṓ	ᾰ̓ρκετᾱ́ ărketā́	ᾰ̓ρκετώ ărketṓ	ᾰ̓ρκετούς ărketoús	ᾰ̓ρκετᾱ́ς ărketā́s	ᾰ̓ρκετᾰ́ ărketắ
Vocative	ᾰ̓ρκετέ ărketé	ᾰ̓ρκετή ărketḗ	ᾰ̓ρκετόν ărketón	ᾰ̓ρκετώ ărketṓ	ᾰ̓ρκετᾱ́ ărketā́	ᾰ̓ρκετώ ărketṓ	ᾰ̓ρκετοί ărketoí	ᾰ̓ρκεταί ărketaí	ᾰ̓ρκετᾰ́ ărketắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ᾰ̓ρκετῶς ărketôs			ᾰ̓ρκετίων ărketíōn			ᾰ̓ρκέτιστος ărkétistos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: αρκετός (arketós, “adequate”)
Greek: αρκετά (arketá, “enough”)

References

“ἀρκετός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀρκετός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
ἀρκετός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
G713 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
ἀρκετός in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften