διοικητής

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δῐοικητής • (dioikētḗs) 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 dioikētḗs 		τὼ δῐοικητᾱ́
tṑ dioikētā́ 		οἱ δῐοικηταί
hoi dioikētaí
Genitive τοῦ δῐοικητοῦ
toû dioikētoû 		τοῖν δῐοικηταῖν
toîn dioikētaîn 		τῶν δῐοικητῶν
tôn dioikētôn
Dative τῷ δῐοικητῇ
tôi dioikētêi 		τοῖν δῐοικηταῖν
toîn dioikētaîn 		τοῖς δῐοικηταῖς
toîs dioikētaîs
Accusative τὸν δῐοικητήν
tòn dioikētḗn 		τὼ δῐοικητᾱ́
tṑ dioikētā́ 		τοὺς δῐοικητᾱ́ς
toùs dioikētā́s
Vocative δῐοικητᾰ́
dioikētá 		δῐοικητᾱ́
dioikētā́ 		δῐοικηταί
dioikētaí
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 • διοικητές •
genitive διοικητή • διοικητών •
accusative διοικητή • διοικητές •
vocative διοικητή • διοικητές •

References

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