πλουτοκρατία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth”) + -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-kratíā, “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 • (ploutokratíā) f (genitive πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- An oligarchy of wealth
- A plutocracy
Inflection
First declension of ἡ πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ; τῆς πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ hē ploutokratíā | τὼ πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ tṑ ploutokratíā | αἱ πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́αι hai ploutokratíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς tês ploutokratíās | τοῖν πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́αιν toîn ploutokratíain | τῶν πλουτοκρᾰτῐῶν tôn ploutokratiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾳ têi ploutokratíāi | τοῖν πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́αιν toîn ploutokratíain | ταῖς πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́αις taîs ploutokratíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱν tḕn ploutokratíān | τὼ πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ tṑ ploutokratíā | τᾱ̀ς πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ploutokratíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ ploutokratíā | πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ ploutokratíā | πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́αι ploutokratíai | ||||||||||
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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
πλουτοκρατία
case \\ number | singular |
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nominative | πλουτοκρατία • |
genitive | πλουτοκρατίας • |
accusative | πλουτοκρατία • |
vocative | πλουτοκρατία • |