Plutarchus

Latin

Etymology

From Koine Greek Πλούτᾰρχος (Ploútarkhos, from Ancient Greek πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “riches; Pluto”) +‎ ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”)).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pluːˈtar.kʰus/, [pɫ̪uːˈt̪ärkʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pluˈtar.kus/, [pluˈt̪ärkus]

Proper noun

Plūtarchus m sg (genitive Plūtarchī); second declension

1. Plutarch of Chaeronea (Lūcius Mestrius Plūtarchus, ca. 46 C.E. – 120 C.E.), a celebrated Graeco-Roman philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi; best known for writing his Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, a biographical series commonly referred to as Plutarch's Parallel Lives.
2. a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to Greek Πλούταρχος (Ploútarchos) or English Plutarch

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Plūtarchus
genitive	Plūtarchī
dative	Plūtarchō
accusative	Plūtarchum
ablative	Plūtarchō
vocative	Plūtarche

Descendants

• Asturian: Plutarcu
• Catalan: Plutarc
• → Dutch: Plutarchus
• → German: Plutarch
• → English: Plutarch
• French: Plutarque
• Galician: Plutarco
• Italian: Plutarco
• Occitan: Plutarc
• → Polish: Plutarch
• Portuguese: Plutarco, Plutarcho
• Romanian: Plutarh
• Sicilian: Plutarcu
• Spanish: Plutarco

Further reading

• Plūtarchus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1192.
• Plūtarchus in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, column 1747