αὐτοκρατής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From αὐτο- (auto-, auto-) +‎ κράτος (krátos, “power, strength”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /au̯.to.kra.tɛ̌ːs/ → /aɸ.to.kraˈtis/ → /af.to.kraˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /au̯.to.kra.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aʍ.to.kraˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɸ.to.kraˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /af.to.kraˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /af.to.kraˈtis/

Adjective

αὐτοκρᾰτής • (autokrătḗs) m or f (neuter αὐτοκρᾰτές); third declension

1. ruling by oneself, absolute, independent

Inflection

Third declension of αὐτοκρᾰτής; αὐτοκρᾰτές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		αὐτοκρᾰτής autokrătḗs		αὐτοκρᾰτές autokrătés		αὐτοκρᾰτεῖ autokrăteî		αὐτοκρᾰτεῖ autokrăteî		αὐτοκρᾰτεῖς autokrăteîs		αὐτοκρᾰτῆ autokrătê
Genitive		αὐτοκρᾰτοῦς autokrătoûs		αὐτοκρᾰτοῦς autokrătoûs		αὐτοκρᾰτοῖν autokrătoîn		αὐτοκρᾰτοῖν autokrătoîn		αὐτοκρᾰτῶν autokrătôn		αὐτοκρᾰτῶν autokrătôn
Dative		αὐτοκρᾰτεῖ autokrăteî		αὐτοκρᾰτεῖ autokrăteî		αὐτοκρᾰτοῖν autokrătoîn		αὐτοκρᾰτοῖν autokrătoîn		αὐτοκρᾰτέσῐ αὐτοκρᾰτέσῐν autokrătésĭ(n)		αὐτοκρᾰτέσῐ αὐτοκρᾰτέσῐν autokrătésĭ(n)
Accusative		αὐτοκρᾰτῆ autokrătê		αὐτοκρᾰτές autokrătés		αὐτοκρᾰτεῖ autokrăteî		αὐτοκρᾰτεῖ autokrăteî		αὐτοκρᾰτεῖς autokrăteîs		αὐτοκρᾰτῆ autokrătê
Vocative		αὐτοκρᾰτές autokrătés		αὐτοκρᾰτές autokrătés		αὐτοκρᾰτεῖ autokrăteî		αὐτοκρᾰτεῖ autokrăteî		αὐτοκρᾰτεῖς autokrăteîs		αὐτοκρᾰτῆ autokrătê
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		αὐτοκρᾰτῶς autokrătôs				αὐτοκρᾰτέστερος autokrătésteros				αὐτοκρᾰτέστᾰτος autokrătéstătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “αὐτοκρατής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “αὐτοκρατής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• αὐτοκρατής in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• αὐτοκρατής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)