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.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

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

1. lack of a leader
2. lawlessness, anarchy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἀναρχίᾱ; τῆς ἀναρχίᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἀναρχίᾱ hē anarkhíā	τὼ ἀναρχίᾱ tṑ anarkhíā	αἱ ἀναρχίαι hai anarkhíai
Genitive	τῆς ἀναρχίᾱς tês anarkhíās	τοῖν ἀναρχίαιν toîn anarkhíain	τῶν ἀναρχιῶν tôn anarkhiôn
Dative	τῇ ἀναρχίᾳ têi anarkhíāi	τοῖν ἀναρχίαιν toîn anarkhíain	ταῖς ἀναρχίαις taîs anarkhíais
Accusative	τὴν ἀναρχίᾱν tḕn anarkhíān	τὼ ἀναρχίᾱ tṑ anarkhíā	τᾱ̀ς ἀναρχίᾱς tā̀s anarkhíās
Vocative	ἀναρχίᾱ anarkhíā	ἀναρχίᾱ anarkhíā	ἀναρχίαι anarkhíai
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 (2006–2024)
• 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.