different between archaism vs archon

English

Alternative forms

• archaicism
• archæism (old-fashioned)
• archaeism (rare or old-fashioned)

Etymology

17th Century, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ????????? (arkhaïsmós, “an antiquated phrase or style”), from ????????? (arkhaízein, “to model one's style upon that of ancient writers”), from ??????? (arkhaîos, “old, ancient”), from ???? (arkh?, “beginning”), from ???? (árkh?, “I begin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?erg?- (“to begin, rule, command”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???(?)ke???z?m/, /???(?)ki??z?m/

Noun

archaism (countable and uncountable, plural archaisms)

1. The adoption or imitation of archaic words or style.
2. An archaic word, style, etc.

   In this text, the word "methinks" appears to be a deliberate archaism.

   • L. Douglas

     He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent.

Related terms

• archaic

Translations

Further reading

• archaism in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• archaism in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• archaism at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Charisma, charisma, machairs

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (árkh?n), a noun use of the present participle of ???? (árkh?, “to rule”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???(?)k?n/

Noun

archon (plural archontes or archons)

1. A chief magistrate of ancient Athens.
2. A person who claims the right to rule, or to exercise power or sovereign authority over other human beings.
3. A ruler, head of state or other leader.
4. (Gnosticism) A supernatural being subordinate to the Demiurge.

Related terms

• archaeo-
• archaic
• archaism
• archeo-
• archive
• -archy

Translations

Further reading

• archon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• archon in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• archon at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Anchor, Charon, achorn, anchor, noarch, rancho

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (árkh?n).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ar.k?o?n/, [?ärk?o?n]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ar.kon/, [??rk?n]

Noun

arch?n m (genitive archontis); third declension

1. archon

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

• Catalan: arcont
• Italian: arconte
• Portuguese: arconte
• Spanish: arconte

References

• archon in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• archon in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• archon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• archon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• archon in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• archon in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• archon in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• archon in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin