διοικητής

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐοικέω (dĭoikéō, “to manage, administer”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δῐοικητής • (dĭoikētḗs) m (genitive δῐοικητοῦ); first declension

  1. administrator, governor, treasurer
  2. (in Egypt) chief financial official
  3. (astrology) controller, of the seven planets

Declension

First declension of ὁ δῐοικητής; τοῦ δῐοικητοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ δῐοικητής
ho dĭoikētḗs 		τὼ δῐοικητᾱ́
tṑ dĭoikētā́ 		οἱ δῐοικηταί
hoi dĭoikētaí
Genitive τοῦ δῐοικητοῦ
toû dĭoikētoû 		τοῖν δῐοικηταῖν
toîn dĭoikētaîn 		τῶν δῐοικητῶν
tôn dĭoikētôn
Dative τῷ δῐοικητῇ
tôi dĭoikētêi 		τοῖν δῐοικηταῖν
toîn dĭoikētaîn 		τοῖς δῐοικηταῖς
toîs dĭoikētaîs
Accusative τὸν δῐοικητήν
tòn dĭoikētḗn 		τὼ δῐοικητᾱ́
tṑ dĭoikētā́ 		τοὺς δῐοικητᾱ́ς
toùs dĭoikētā́s
Vocative δῐοικητᾰ́
dĭoikētắ 		δῐοικητᾱ́
dĭoikētā́ 		δῐοικηταί
dĭoikētaí
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: διοικητής (dioikitís)

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek διοικητής (dioikētḗs).[1] By surface analysis, διοικώ (dioikó) +‎ -τής (-tís).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ði.i.kiˈtis/
  • Hyphenation: δι‧οι‧κη‧τής

Noun

διοικητής • (dioikitís) m (plural διοικητές, feminine διοικήτρια)

  1. chief administrator, governor (person in charge of administration)
    διοικητής της κεντρικής τράπεζας ― dioikitís tis kentrikís trápezas ― governor of the central bank
  2. (military) commander

Declension

Declension of διοικητής
singular plural
nominative διοικητής (dioikitís) διοικητές (dioikités)
genitive διοικητή (dioikití) διοικητών (dioikitón)
accusative διοικητή (dioikití) διοικητές (dioikités)
vocative διοικητή (dioikití) διοικητές (dioikités)

References

  1. ^ διοικητής, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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