Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Wiktionary - Recent changes [en]: δημοκρατία

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δημοκρατία
Jul 30th 2013, 07:48, by Padmast

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===Etymology===

  

===Etymology===
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===Pronunciation===

  

===Pronunciation===

Latest revision as of 07:48, 30 July 2013

Ancient Greek[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From δῆμος (dēmos, "people") + κρατέω (krateō, "I have power, I rule")

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

δημοκρατία (genitive δημοκρατίας) f, first declension; (dēmokratiā)

  1. democracy, popular government
    • circa 440 BCE: Ἡρόδοτος (Herodotus), Historiae, 6.43
      τοὺς γὰρ τυράννους τῶν Ἰώνων καταπαύσας πάντας ὁ Μαρδόνιος δημοκρατίας κατίστα ἐς τὰς πόλιας
      Mardonius put down all the despots throughout Ionia, and in lieu of them established democracies [translation by George Rawlinson, 1910]
    • 46–127 CE: Πλούταρχος (Plutarch), Τῶν ἑπτά σοφῶν συμπόσιον (Banquet of the Seven Sages), 154E
      ὁ Βίας ἔφησε κρατίστην εἶναι δημοκρατίαν ἐν ᾗ πάντες ὡς τύραννον φοβοῦνται τὸν νόμον
      Bias said that the strongest democracy is that wherein all fear the law as their tyrant

Inflection[edit]

First declension of δημοκρατίᾱ, δημοκρατίᾱς

See also[edit]

Descendants[edit]

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Noun[edit]

δημοκρατία f (dimokratía, plural δημοκρατίες)

  1. democracy
  2. republic

Declension[edit]

declension of δημοκρατία

Related terms[edit]

see: δήμος (dímos, "municipality, the people") m
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