Meanings
- Of or relating to an archegete.
The archegetic audacity of the first ship that dared plough the waves of the sea is presented with the features of an act of hybris.
1994, The Classical Tradition and the Americas, page 2582 more examples
The clever ring-structure which closes the narrative in on itself allows Callimachus both through allusion to lead the Greek colonists not far from the site of the city of Cyrene beneath Apollo’s protective gaze and also, with a discreet reference to the archegetic function of the god, to evoke his union with the eponymous Nymph; this time, the struggle between the young girl and the sheep-killing lion is moved from Thessaly to Libya (91–2).
1993, Callimachus, page 39The names of the archegetic choral figures in Alcman function as indices of social, functional and hierarchical ranking within contemporary Spartan society and the chorus, its paradigmatic miniature.
2007, Ancient Poetic Etymology, page 100
Origin
From archegete + -ic. Compare exegetic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French archégétique
- archégétiqueTranslations
German archegetisch
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Italian archegetico
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with archegetic
Cite this entry
archegetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archegetic
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