ἀναρχία

See also: αναρχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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

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

Noun

ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ • (ănărkhĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. lack of a leader
2. lawlessness, anarchy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ hē ănărkhĭ́ā	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ tṑ ănărkhĭ́ā	αἱ ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́αι hai ănărkhĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱς tês ănărkhĭ́ās	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́αιν toîn ănărkhĭ́ain	τῶν ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐῶν tôn ănărkhĭôn
Dative	τῇ ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾳ têi ănărkhĭ́āi	τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́αιν toîn ănărkhĭ́ain	ταῖς ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́αις taîs ănărkhĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱν tḕn ănărkhĭ́ān	τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ tṑ ănărkhĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ănărkhĭ́ās
Vocative	ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ ănărkhĭ́ā	ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ ănărkhĭ́ā	ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́αι ănărkhĭ́ai
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
• Norwegian: anarki
• French: anarchie
• German: Anarchie
• Greek: αναρχία (anarchía)
• Italian: anarchia
• Latin: anarchia
• Polish: anarchia
• Portuguese: anarquia
• Russian: ана́рхия (anárxija)
• Sicilian: anarchìa
• 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 (2006–2025)
• 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.