δημοκρατία

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See also: δημοκρατίᾳ

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived from δῆμος (dêmos, “common people", "assembly of the people”) +‎ -κρατία (-kratía, “power”, “rule”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ • (dēmokratíā) f (genitive δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. (politics, uncountable) democracy, popular government
  2. (countable) a democratic government
    • 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 6.43.3:
      Τοὺς γὰρ τυράννους τῶν Ἰώνων καταπαύσας πάντας ὁ Μαρδόνιος δημοκρατίας κατίστα ἐς τὰς πόλιας.
      Toùs gàr turánnous tôn Iṓnōn katapaúsas pántas ho Mardónios dēmokratías katísta es tàs pólias.
      • 1910 translation by George Rawlinson
        Mardonius put down all the despots throughout Ionia, and in lieu of them established democracies
    • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Banquet of the Seven Sages 154e:
      Ὁ Βίας ἔφησε κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν ἐν ᾗ πάντες ὡς τύραννον φοβοῦνται τὸν νόμον.
      Ho Bías éphēse kratístēn eînai dēmokratían en hêi pántes hōs túrannon phoboûntai tòn nómon.
      Bias said that the strongest democracy is that wherein all fear the law as their tyrant.
  3. inflection of δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokratíā):
    1. nominative/vocative singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative dual

Inflection

First declension of ἡ δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ; τῆς δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ
hē dēmokratíā 		τὼ δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ
tṑ dēmokratíā 		αἱ δημοκρᾰτῐ́αι
hai dēmokratíai
Genitive τῆς δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς
tês dēmokratíās 		τοῖν δημοκρᾰτῐ́αιν
toîn dēmokratíain 		τῶν δημοκρᾰτῐῶν
tôn dēmokratiôn
Dative τῇ δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾳ
têi dēmokratíāi 		τοῖν δημοκρᾰτῐ́αιν
toîn dēmokratíain 		ταῖς δημοκρᾰτῐ́αις
taîs dēmokratíais
Accusative τὴν δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱν
tḕn dēmokratíān 		τὼ δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ
tṑ dēmokratíā 		τᾱ̀ς δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς
tā̀s dēmokratíās
Vocative δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ
dēmokratíā 		δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ
dēmokratíā 		δημοκρᾰτῐ́αι
dēmokratíai
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Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δημοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (dēmokratíā, “democracy, popular government”). Morphologically δημο- (dimo-, “from δῆμος the people”) +‎ -κρατία (-kratía, “from κράτος strength; dominion, state”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ði.mo.kɾaˈti.a/
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  • Hyphenation: δη‧μο‧κρα‧τί‧α

Noun

δημοκρατία • (dimokratía) f (plural δημοκρατίες)

  1. democracy
  2. republic
    Ελληνική Δημοκρατία ― Ellinikí Dimokratía ― Hellenic Republic

Declension

Declension of δημοκρατία
singular plural
nominative δημοκρατία • δημοκρατίες •
genitive δημοκρατίας • δημοκρατιών •
accusative δημοκρατία • δημοκρατίες •
vocative δημοκρατία • δημοκρατίες •

Derived terms

  • see: δήμος m (dímos, “municipality, the people”)

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