tetrarches

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τετράρχης (tetrárkhēs, “tetrarch”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /teˈtrar.kʰeːs/, [t̪ɛˈt̪rärkʰeːs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /teˈtrar.kes/, [t̪eˈt̪rärkes]

Noun

tetrarchēs m (genitive tetrarchae); first declension

  1. tetrarch

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tetrarchēs tetrarchae
Genitive tetrarchae tetrarchārum
Dative tetrarchae tetrarchīs
Accusative tetrarchēn tetrarchās
Ablative tetrarchē tetrarchīs
Vocative tetrarchē tetrarchae

Descendants
  • → Esperanto: tetrarĥo, tetrarko
  • → Finnish: tetrarkki
  • → French: tétrarque
  • → Portuguese: tetrarca
  • → Spanish: tetrarca

References
  • “tetrarches”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “tetrarches”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tetrarches in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • “tetrarches”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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