-κρατία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Derived from κρᾰ́τος (krátos, “strength”, “power”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kra.tí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kraˈti.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kraˈti.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kraˈti.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kraˈti.a/

Suffix

-κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ • (-kratíā) f (genitive -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱς); first declension

-cracy (government, rule)

Inflection

First declension of -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ; -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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

	singular	plural
nominative	-κρατία •	-κρατίες •
genitive	-κρατίας •	-κρατιών •
accusative	-κρατία •	-κρατίες •
vocative	-κρατία •	-κρατίες •

Derived terms

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Related terms

-κράτης m (-krátis, “-crat”)
-κράτισσα f (-krátissa, “-crat”)

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