συνταγματάρχης

Ancient Greek

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

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

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

First declension of ὁ σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχης; τοῦ σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχης ho suntagmatárkhēs	τὼ σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ suntagmatárkhā	οἱ σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχαι hoi suntagmatárkhai
Genitive	τοῦ σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχου toû suntagmatárkhou	τοῖν σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχαιν toîn suntagmatárkhain	τῶν σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰρχῶν tôn suntagmatarkhôn
Dative	τῷ σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχῃ tôi suntagmatárkhēi	τοῖν σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχαιν toîn suntagmatárkhain	τοῖς σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχαις toîs suntagmatárkhais
Accusative	τὸν σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχην tòn suntagmatárkhēn	τὼ σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχᾱ tṑ suntagmatárkhā	τοὺς σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχᾱς toùs suntagmatárkhās
Vocative	σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχη suntagmatárkhē	σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχᾱ suntagmatárkhā	σῠντᾰγμᾰτᾰ́ρχαι suntagmatárkhai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

From Koine Greek σύνταγμα (súntagma, “body of troops”) + (-άρχης (-árkhēs) < ἄρχω (árkhō, “to lead”)).

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

(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 of συνταγματάρχης