συνταγματάρχης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σῠ́ντᾰγμᾰ (sŭ́ntăgmă, “syntagma”) +‎ ἀρχός (arkhós, “leader”) +‎ -ης (-ēs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχης • (sŭntăgmătắrkhēs) m (genitive σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχου); first declension

  1. (military) the leader of a syntagma
    • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Bacchus 2
    • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, The Mistaken Critic 18

Inflection

First declension of ὁ σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχης; τοῦ σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχης
ho sŭntăgmătắrkhēs 		τὼ σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχᾱ
tṑ sŭntăgmătắrkhā 		οἱ σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχαι
hoi sŭntăgmătắrkhai
Genitive τοῦ σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχου
toû sŭntăgmătắrkhou 		τοῖν σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχαιν
toîn sŭntăgmătắrkhain 		τῶν σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰρχῶν
tôn sŭntăgmătărkhôn
Dative τῷ σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχῃ
tōî sŭntăgmătắrkhēi 		τοῖν σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχαιν
toîn sŭntăgmătắrkhain 		τοῖς σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχαις
toîs sŭntăgmătắrkhais
Accusative τὸν σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχην
tòn sŭntăgmătắrkhēn 		τὼ σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχᾱ
tṑ sŭntăgmătắrkhā 		τοὺς σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχᾱς
toùs sŭntăgmătắrkhās
Vocative σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχη
sŭntăgmătắrkhē 		σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχᾱ
sŭntăgmătắrkhā 		σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχαι
sŭntăgmătắrkhai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: συνταγματάρχης (syntagmatárchis)
    • English: syntagmatarchis
  • Latin: syntagmatarchēs, -a
    • English: syntagmatarch

References

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek συνταγματάρχης (suntagmatárkhēs). By surface analysis, σύνταγμα (συνταγματ-) (sýntagma (syntagmat-)) +‎ -άρχης (-árchis) See άρχω (árcho) < ἄρχω (árkhō, “to lead”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sin.daɣ.maˈtaɾ.çis/
  • Hyphenation: συ‧νταγ‧μα‧τάρ‧χης
  • Old Hyphenation: συν‧τα‧γμα‧τάρ‧χης

Noun

συνταγματάρχης • (syntagmatárchis) m or f (plural συνταγματάρχες)

  1. (military) the rank of colonel in the British and US armies with the NATO grade OF-5
    Synonym: (abbreviation) σχης (schis)
    Coordinate terms: ("colonel's wife") συνταγματαρχίνα (syntagmatarchína), ("lieutenant colonel") αντισυνταγματάρχης (antisyntagmatárchis)

Declension

For masculine:


* The vocative singular συνταγματάρχα is used in the phrase "Κύριε Συνταγματάρχα".
Declension of συνταγματάρχης
singular plural
nominative συνταγματάρχης (syntagmatárchis) συνταγματάρχες (syntagmatárches)
genitive συνταγματάρχη (syntagmatárchi) συνταγματαρχών (syntagmatarchón)
accusative συνταγματάρχη (syntagmatárchi) συνταγματάρχες (syntagmatárches)
vocative συνταγματάρχη (syntagmatárchi) συνταγματάρχες (syntagmatárches)

For feminine:

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Coordinate terms

  • Appendix:Greek military ranks

Further reading

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