-κρατία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Derived from κρᾰ́τος (krátos, “strength”, “power”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, noun-forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kra.tí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kraˈti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kraˈti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kraˈti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kraˈti.a/
Suffix
-κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ • (-kratíā) f (genitive -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- -cracy (government, rule)
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ -kratíā |
-κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ -kratíā |
-κρᾰτῐ́αι -kratíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱς -kratíās |
-κρᾰτῐ́αιν -kratíain |
-κρᾰτῐῶν -kratiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | -κρᾰτῐ́ᾳ -kratíāi |
-κρᾰτῐ́αιν -kratíain |
-κρᾰτῐ́αις -kratíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱν -kratíān |
-κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ -kratíā |
-κρᾰτῐ́ᾱς -kratíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ -kratíā |
-κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ -kratíā |
-κρᾰτῐ́αι -kratíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- English: -cracy
- Greek: -κρατία (-kratía)
- Italian: -crazia
- Latin: -cratia
- French: -cratie
- Spanish: -cracia
- Portuguese: -cracia
- Polish: -kracja
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek -κρατία (-kratía).
Suffix
-κρατία • (-kratía) f
- -cracy (indicating "domination by")
- πλούτος (ploútos, “wealth”) + -κρατία (-kratía) → πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía, “plutocracy”)
- -ism (indicating "dominating system")
- αποικία (apoikía, “colony”) + -κρατία (-kratía) → αποικιοκρατία (apoikiokratía, “colonialism”)
Declension
Declension of -κρατία
Derived terms
Related terms
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek suffixes
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms
- Ancient Greek noun-forming suffixes
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension
- Ancient Greek feminine suffixes
- Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek
- Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Greek lemmas
- Greek suffixes
- Greek feminine suffixes
- Greek nouns declining like 'ιστορία'