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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δύναμαι (dúnamai, “be able”) + -στης (-stēs, masculine agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dy.nás.tɛːs/ → /ðyˈnas.tis/ → /ðiˈnas.tis/
Noun
δῠνᾰ́στης • (dunástēs) m (genitive δῠνᾰ́στου); first declension
- Lord, ruler
- (Greek mythology) Epithet of Zeus
- (Greek mythology) Epithet of Poseidon
- A princeling, a petty ruler
- Master
- The chief men of a state or place
Declension
Derived terms
- δυναστεία (dunasteía, “lordship, dominion”)
- δυνάστειρα (dunásteira, “lady, mistress”)
- δυναστεύματες (dunasteúmates, “natural resources”)
- δυναστευτικός (dunasteutikós, “arbitrary”)
- δυναστεύω (dunasteúō, “to hold power”)
- δυναστικός (dunastikós, “of or pertaining to a lord, arbitrary”)
- δύναστις (dúnastis, “lady, mistress”)
Descendants
Further reading
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δυνάστης (dunástēs).
Noun
δυνάστης • (dynástis) m (plural δυνάστες)
- oppressing ruler, dynast
Declension