δυναστεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῠνᾰ́στης (dunástēs, “ruler, petty ruler”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dy.nas.těː.aː/ → /ðy.nasˈti.a/ → /ði.nasˈti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dy.nas.těː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dy.nasˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðy.nasˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðy.nasˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.nasˈti.a/

Noun

δῠνᾰστείᾱ • (dunasteíā) f (genitive δῠνᾰστείᾱς); first declension

1. Dominion, lordship, political power.
2. The exercise of political power.
3. A close oligarchy.
4. A show of power, a mighty deed.

Declension

First declension of ἡ δῠνᾰστείᾱ; τῆς δῠνᾰστείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῠνᾰστείᾱ hē dunasteíā	τὼ δῠνᾰστείᾱ tṑ dunasteíā	αἱ δῠνᾰστεῖαι hai dunasteîai
Genitive	τῆς δῠνᾰστείᾱς tês dunasteíās	τοῖν δῠνᾰστείαιν toîn dunasteíain	τῶν δῠνᾰστειῶν tôn dunasteiôn
Dative	τῇ δῠνᾰστείᾳ têi dunasteíāi	τοῖν δῠνᾰστείαιν toîn dunasteíain	ταῖς δῠνᾰστείαις taîs dunasteíais
Accusative	τὴν δῠνᾰστείᾱν tḕn dunasteíān	τὼ δῠνᾰστείᾱ tṑ dunasteíā	τᾱ̀ς δῠνᾰστείᾱς tā̀s dunasteíās
Vocative	δῠνᾰστείᾱ dunasteíā	δῠνᾰστείᾱ dunasteíā	δῠνᾰστεῖαι dunasteîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Late Latin: dynastīa
  • Middle French: dynastie
    • English: dynasty
    • French: dynastie
    • German: Dynastie

References

• “δυναστεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “δυναστεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δυναστεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• δυναστεία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • authority idem, page 53.
  • domination idem, page 247.
  • lordship idem, page 500.
  • oligarchy idem, page 572.
  • power idem, page 630.
  • rule idem, page 725.
  • sovereignty idem, page 797.
  • supremacy idem, page 842.