ἀρχάγγελος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “arch-”) + ἄγγελος (ángelos, “angel, messenger”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ar.kʰáŋ.ɡe.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /arˈkʰaŋ.ɡe.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /arˈxaɲ.ɟe.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /arˈxaɲ.ɟe.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /arˈxaɲ.ɟe.los/
Noun
ἀρχᾰ́γγελος • (arkhắngelos) m (genitive ἀρχᾰγγέλου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἀρχᾰ́γγελος ho arkhắngelos |
τὼ ἀρχᾰγγέλω tṑ arkhăngélō |
οἱ ἀρχᾰ́γγελοι hoi arkhắngeloi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀρχᾰγγέλου toû arkhăngélou |
τοῖν ἀρχᾰγγέλοιν toîn arkhăngéloin |
τῶν ἀρχᾰγγέλων tôn arkhăngélōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀρχᾰγγέλῳ tōî arkhăngélōi |
τοῖν ἀρχᾰγγέλοιν toîn arkhăngéloin |
τοῖς ἀρχᾰγγέλοις toîs arkhăngélois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἀρχᾰ́γγελον tòn arkhắngelon |
τὼ ἀρχᾰγγέλω tṑ arkhăngélō |
τοὺς ἀρχᾰγγέλους toùs arkhăngélous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀρχᾰ́γγελε arkhắngele |
ἀρχᾰγγέλω arkhăngélō |
ἀρχᾰ́γγελοι arkhắngeloi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀρχαγγελικός (arkhangelikós)
Descendants
- → Aromanian: arhanghil
- → Latin: archangelus
- → Old East Slavic: архангелъ (arxangelŭ)
- → Old Church Slavonic: арханг҄елъ (arxangʹjelŭ)
Further reading
- “ἀρχάγγελος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀρχάγγελος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀρχάγγελος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- G743 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible