ἀρχαϊσμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀρχαΐζω (arkhaḯzō, “be old-fashioned”) +‎ -μός (-mós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ar.kʰa.iz.mós/ → /ar.xa.izˈmos/ → /ar.xa.izˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰa.iz.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰa.izˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.xa.izˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.xa.izˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ar.xa.izˈmos/

Noun

ἀρχαϊσμός • (arkhaïsmós) m (genitive ἀρχαϊσμοῦ); second declension

1. old-world charm (of style)
2. use of obsolete expressions, archaism
3. ancient custom

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀρχαϊσμός; τοῦ ἀρχαϊσμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀρχαϊσμός ho arkhaïsmós	τὼ ἀρχαϊσμώ tṑ arkhaïsmṓ	οἱ ἀρχαϊσμοί hoi arkhaïsmoí
Genitive	τοῦ ἀρχαϊσμοῦ toû arkhaïsmoû	τοῖν ἀρχαϊσμοῖν toîn arkhaïsmoîn	τῶν ἀρχαϊσμῶν tôn arkhaïsmôn
Dative	τῷ ἀρχαϊσμῷ tôi arkhaïsmôi	τοῖν ἀρχαϊσμοῖν toîn arkhaïsmoîn	τοῖς ἀρχαϊσμοῖς toîs arkhaïsmoîs
Accusative	τὸν ἀρχαϊσμόν tòn arkhaïsmón	τὼ ἀρχαϊσμώ tṑ arkhaïsmṓ	τοὺς ἀρχαϊσμούς toùs arkhaïsmoús
Vocative	ἀρχαϊσμέ arkhaïsmé	ἀρχαϊσμώ arkhaïsmṓ	ἀρχαϊσμοί arkhaïsmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: archaism

Further reading

• “ἀρχαϊσμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀρχαϊσμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀρχαϊσμός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)