ἀριστοκράτης

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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ᾰ̓́ρῐστος (áristos) +‎ κρᾰ́τος (krátos) +‎ -ης (-ēs)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰ́της (aristokrátēsm (genitive ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰ́του); first declension

  1. aristocrat
    • circa AD 110, Aspasius, in Ethica Nicomachea commentaria 182.6–9:[1]
      Καθ’ ἑκάστην δὲ τῶν πολιτειῶν. τρία εἴδη πολιτείας εἰπὼν καθ’ ἕκαστόν φησι φιλίαν εἶναι ἐφ’ ὅσον καὶ τὸ δίκαιον. εἰ γὰρ μεῖξον τὸ δίκαιον τὸ τοῦ βασιλέως πρὸς τοὺς ὑπ’ αὐτόν, παρὰ τῶν ἀριστοκρατῶν καὶ τιμοκρατῶν πρὸς τοὺς ὑπὸ χεῖρα, καὶ ἡ φιλία καλλίων.
      Kath’ hekástēn dè tôn politeiôn. tría eídē politeías eipṑn kath’ hékastón phēsi philían eînai eph’ hóson kaì tò díkaion. ei gàr meîxon tò díkaion tò toû basiléōs pròs toùs hup’ autón, parà tôn aristokratôn kaì timokratôn pròs toùs hupò kheîra, kaì hē philía kallíōn.
      • 2001 translation by David Konstan
        ‘In each of the governments’: mentioning three kinds of government, he says that there is love in each ‘in the amount in which there is also what is just’. For if there is more of what is just on the part of a king in regard to those beneath him, and on the part of aristocrats and ‘timocrats’ in regard to those under their control, the love too will be better.

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Greek: αριστοκράτης (aristokrátis)

Further reading

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