ἱεραρχία

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from ἱεράρχης (hierárkhēs, “high priest”) +‎ -ία (-ía, noun-forming suffix).
By surface analysis, ἱερός (hierós, “holy”) +‎ -αρχία (-arkhía, “rule, government”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ἱεραρχίᾱ • (hierarkhíā) f (genitive ἱεραρχίᾱς); first declension

  1. spiritual superiority
  2. prelacy, prelature
  3. hierarchy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἱεραρχίᾱ; τῆς ἱεραρχίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ ἱεραρχίᾱ
hē hierarkhíā 		τὼ ἱεραρχίᾱ
tṑ hierarkhíā 		αἱ ἱεραρχίαι
hai hierarkhíai
Genitive τῆς ἱεραρχίᾱς
tês hierarkhíās 		τοῖν ἱεραρχίαιν
toîn hierarkhíain 		τῶν ἱεραρχιῶν
tôn hierarkhiôn
Dative τῇ ἱεραρχίᾳ
têi hierarkhíāi 		τοῖν ἱεραρχίαιν
toîn hierarkhíain 		ταῖς ἱεραρχίαις
taîs hierarkhíais
Accusative τὴν ἱεραρχίᾱν
tḕn hierarkhíān 		τὼ ἱεραρχίᾱ
tṑ hierarkhíā 		τᾱ̀ς ἱεραρχίᾱς
tā̀s hierarkhíās
Vocative ἱεραρχίᾱ
hierarkhíā 		ἱεραρχίᾱ
hierarkhíā 		ἱεραρχίαι
hierarkhíai
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Descendants

Descendants

References

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