τοπάρχης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From τόπος (tópos, “place”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “ruler, leader”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /to.pár.kʰɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /toˈpar.kʰe̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /toˈpar.çis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /toˈpar.çis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /toˈpar.çis/
Noun
τοπάρχης • (topárkhēs) m (genitive τοπάρχου); first declension
- governor of a district
- (Byzantine) a independent or semi-independent ruler
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ τοπᾰ́ρχης ho topắrkhēs |
τὼ τοπᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ topắrkhā |
οἱ τοπᾰ́ρχαι hoi topắrkhai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ τοπᾰ́ρχου toû topắrkhou |
τοῖν τοπᾰ́ρχαιν toîn topắrkhain |
τῶν τοπᾰρχῶν tôn topărkhôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ τοπᾰ́ρχῃ tōî topắrkhēi |
τοῖν τοπᾰ́ρχαιν toîn topắrkhain |
τοῖς τοπᾰ́ρχαις toîs topắrkhais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν τοπᾰ́ρχην tòn topắrkhēn |
τὼ τοπᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ topắrkhā |
τοὺς τοπᾰ́ρχᾱς toùs topắrkhās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | τοπᾰ́ρχη topắrkhē |
τοπᾰ́ρχᾱ topắrkhā |
τοπᾰ́ρχαι topắrkhai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- τοπαρχίᾱ (toparkhíā)
Further reading
- “τοπάρχης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lampe, Geoffrey William Hugo (1961), “τοπάρχης”, in A Patristic Greek Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 1396