ἀναρχία

See also: αναρχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄναρχος (ánarkhos, “without leader”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.nar.kʰí.aː/ → /a.narˈxi.a/ → /a.narˈçi.a/

• (5^th BC Attic) IPA^(key): /a.nar.kʰí.aː/
• (1^st BC Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.narˈkʰi.a/
• (4^th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /a.narˈxi.a/
• (10^th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.narˈçi.a/
• (15^th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.narˈçi.a/

Noun

ἀναρχίᾱ • (anarkhíā) f (genitive ἀναρχίᾱς); first declension

1. lack of a leader
2. lawlessness, anarchy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀναρχίᾱ; τῆς ἀναρχίᾱς

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀναρχίᾱ	τὼ ἀναρχίᾱ	αἱ ἀναρχῖαι
Genitive	τῆς ἀναρχίᾱς	τοῖν ἀναρχίαιν	τῶν ἀναρχιῶν
Dative	τῇ ἀναρχίᾳ	τοῖν ἀναρχίαιν	ταῖς ἀναρχίαις
Accusative	τὴν ἀναρχίᾱν	τὼ ἀναρχίᾱ	τᾱ̀ς ἀναρχίᾱς
Vocative	ἀναρχίᾱ	ἀναρχίᾱ	ἀναρχῖαι
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Bulgarian: ана́рхия (anárhija)
• Catalan: anarquia
• English: anarchy
• Danish: anarki
• French: anarchie
• German: Anarchie
• Greek: αναρχία (anarchía)
• Italian: anarchia
• Latin: anarchia
• Polish: anarchia
• Portuguese: anarquia
• Russian: ана́рхия (anárxija)
• Spanish: anarquía

Further reading

• ἀναρχία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀναρχία in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «ἀναρχία» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «ἀναρχία» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2017)
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • anarchy idem, page 28.
  • lawlessness idem, page 480.
  • licence idem, page 488.
  • licentiousness idem, page 489.
  • misrule idem, page 535.
  • profligacy idem, page 653.
  • unruliness idem, page 930.