πλουτοκρατία
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth”) + -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā, “form of government”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pluː.to.kra.tí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /plu.to.kraˈti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /plu.to.kraˈti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /plu.to.kraˈti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /plu.to.kraˈti.a/
Noun
πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ • (ploutokrătĭ́ā) f (genitive πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- An oligarchy of wealth
- A plutocracy
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ hē ploutokrătĭ́ā |
τὼ πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ tṑ ploutokrătĭ́ā |
αἱ πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́αι hai ploutokrătĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς tês ploutokrătĭ́ās |
τοῖν πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́αιν toîn ploutokrătĭ́ain |
τῶν πλουτοκρᾰτῐῶν tôn ploutokrătĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾳ têi ploutokrătĭ́āi |
τοῖν πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́αιν toîn ploutokrătĭ́ain |
ταῖς πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́αις taîs ploutokrătĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱν tḕn ploutokrătĭ́ān |
τὼ πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ tṑ ploutokrătĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ploutokrătĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ ploutokrătĭ́ā |
πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ ploutokrătĭ́ā |
πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́αι ploutokrătĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: plutocracy
- Greek: πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía)
- Russian: плутокра́тия f (plutokrátija)
References
- “πλουτοκρατία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πλουτοκρατία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía). Equivalent to πλούτος (ploútos, “wealth”) + -κρατία (-kratía, “rule”).
Noun
πλουτοκρατία • (ploutokratía) f (uncountable)
- plutocracy (rule by the wealthy)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía) |
| genitive | πλουτοκρατίας (ploutokratías) |
| accusative | πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía) |
| vocative | πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía) |
Further reading
πλουτοκρατία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
