ἀρχαιότης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient, old-fashioned”) +‎ -της (-tēs, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἀρχαιότης • (arkhaiótēs) f (genitive ἀρχαιότητος); third declension

  1. antiquity, old-fashionedness
  2. simplicity, pristine state
  3. ancient history
  4. antiquity, ancient times
  5. (Byzantine) advanced age of a person

Declension

Third declension of ἡ ἀρχαιότης; τῆς ἀρχαιότητος (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἀρχαιότης
hē arkhaiótēs 		τὼ ἀρχαιότητε
tṑ arkhaiótēte 		αἱ ἀρχαιότητες
hai arkhaiótētes
Genitive τῆς ἀρχαιότητος
tês arkhaiótētos 		τοῖν ἀρχαιοτήτοιν
toîn arkhaiotḗtoin 		τῶν ἀρχαιοτήτων
tôn arkhaiotḗtōn
Dative τῇ ἀρχαιότητῐ
tēî arkhaiótētĭ 		τοῖν ἀρχαιοτήτοιν
toîn arkhaiotḗtoin 		ταῖς ἀρχαιότησῐ / ἀρχαιότησῐν
taîs arkhaiótēsĭ(n)
Accusative τὴν ἀρχαιότητᾰ
tḕn arkhaiótētă 		τὼ ἀρχαιότητε
tṑ arkhaiótēte 		τᾱ̀ς ἀρχαιότητᾰς
tā̀s arkhaiótētăs
Vocative ἀρχαιότης
arkhaiótēs 		ἀρχαιότητε
arkhaiótēte 		ἀρχαιότητες
arkhaiótētes
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ts.

Descendants

  • Greek: αρχαιότητα (archaiótita)

Further reading

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