ἐπαρχία

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Originally referring to a district governed by an ἔπαρχος (éparkhos, “commander”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon”) +‎ ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἐπαρχίᾱ • (eparkhíā) f (genitive ἐπαρχίᾱς); second declension (Koine)

  1. eparchy, province, the provincial government of an administrative district
  2. provincial government territorial jurisdictions specifically of the Greek-speaking eastern Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire, equivalent to Latin prōvincia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ
hē eparkhíā 		τὼ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ
tṑ eparkhíā 		αἱ ἐπαρχῐ́αι
hai eparkhíai
Genitive τῆς ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱς
tês eparkhíās 		τοῖν ἐπαρχῐ́αιν
toîn eparkhíain 		τῶν ἐπαρχῐῶν
tôn eparkhiôn
Dative τῇ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾳ
têi eparkhíāi 		τοῖν ἐπαρχῐ́αιν
toîn eparkhíain 		ταῖς ἐπαρχῐ́αις
taîs eparkhíais
Accusative τὴν ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱν
tḕn eparkhíān 		τὼ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ
tṑ eparkhíā 		τᾱ̀ς ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s eparkhíās
Vocative ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ
eparkhíā 		ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ
eparkhíā 		ἐπαρχῐ́αι
eparkhíai
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