δημοκρατία
See also: δημοκρατίᾳ
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- δᾱμοκρᾰτίᾱ (dāmokratíā) – Doric
Etymology
Derived from δῆμος (dêmos, “common people", "assembly of the people”) + -κρατία (-kratía, “power”, “rule”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dɛː.mo.kra.tí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /de.mo.kraˈti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ði.mo.kraˈti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ði.mo.kraˈti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.mo.kraˈti.a/
Noun
δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ • (dēmokratíā) f (genitive δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- (politics, uncountable) democracy, popular government
- (countable) a democratic government
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.43:
- τοὺς γὰρ τυράννους τῶν Ἰώνων καταπαύσας πάντας ὁ Μαρδόνιος δημοκρατίας κατίστα ἐς τὰς πόλιας
- toùs gàr turánnous tôn Iṓnōn katapaúsas pántas ho Mardónios dēmokratías katísta es tàs pólias
- 1910 translation by George Rawlinson
- Mardonius put down all the despots throughout Ionia, and in lieu of them established democracies
- τοὺς γὰρ τυράννους τῶν Ἰώνων καταπαύσας πάντας ὁ Μαρδόνιος δημοκρατίας κατίστα ἐς τὰς πόλιας
- 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Banquet of the Seven Sages 154e:
- ὁ Βίας ἔφησε κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν ἐν ᾗ πάντες ὡς τύραννον φοβοῦνται τὸν νόμον.
- ho Bías éphēse kratístēn eînai dēmokratían en hêi pántes hōs túrannon phoboûntai tòn nómon.
- Bias said that the strongest democracy is that wherein all fear the law as their tyrant.
- ὁ Βίας ἔφησε κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν ἐν ᾗ πάντες ὡς τύραννον φοβοῦνται τὸν νόμον.
- inflection of δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokratíā):
- nominative/vocative singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative dual
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ hē dēmokratíā |
τὼ δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ tṑ dēmokratíā |
αἱ δημοκρᾰτῐ́αι hai dēmokratíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς tês dēmokratíās |
τοῖν δημοκρᾰτῐ́αιν toîn dēmokratíain |
τῶν δημοκρᾰτῐῶν tôn dēmokratiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾳ têi dēmokratíāi |
τοῖν δημοκρᾰτῐ́αιν toîn dēmokratíain |
ταῖς δημοκρᾰτῐ́αις taîs dēmokratíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱν tḕn dēmokratíān |
τὼ δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ tṑ dēmokratíā |
τᾱ̀ς δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς tā̀s dēmokratíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ dēmokratíā |
δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ dēmokratíā |
δημοκρᾰτῐ́αι dēmokratíai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- δημοκρᾰτέω/-ῶ, δημοκρᾰτέομαι/-οῦμαι
- Δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (Dēmokratíā)
Descendants
- Greek: δημοκρατία f (dimokratía)
- Latin: dēmocratia (Mediaeval)
- Middle French: democratie
- French: démocratie
- English: democracy
- Spanish: democracia
- Portuguese: democracia
- Italian: democrazia
- Romanian: democrație
- Middle French: democratie
- Russian: демокра́тия (demokrátija)
See also
- ἰσονομία (isonomía)
References
- δημοκρατία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- δημοκρατία in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δημοκρατία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δημοκρατία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- commonwealth idem, page 149.
- democracy idem, page 209.
- republic idem, page 699.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokratíā, “democracy, popular government”). Morphologically δημο- (dimo-, “from δῆμος the people”) + -κρατία (-kratía, “from κράτος strength; dominion, state”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ðimokraˈtia/
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(female)Audio (file) - Hyphenation: δη‧μο‧κρα‧τί‧α
Noun
δημοκρατία • (dimokratía) f (plural δημοκρατίες)
Declension
declension of δημοκρατία
singular | plural | |
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nominative | δημοκρατία • | δημοκρατίες • |
genitive | δημοκρατίας • | δημοκρατιών • |
accusative | δημοκρατία • | δημοκρατίες • |
vocative | δημοκρατία • | δημοκρατίες • |
Derived terms
- Ελληνική Δημοκρατία f (Ellinikí Dimokratía, “Hellenic Republic”)
- Κεντροαφρικανική Δημοκρατία f (Kentroafrikanikí Dimokratía, “Central African Republic”)
Further reading
δημοκρατία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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