αὐτοκράτωρ
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From αὐτο- (auto-) + κράτωρ (krátōr, “ruler”) (from κρατέω (kratéō, “I rule, command”) and -τωρ (-tōr, “masculine agent suffix.”), from κράτος (krátos, “power, strength”))
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /au̯.to.krá.tɔːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aʍ.toˈkra.tor/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aɸ.toˈkra.tor/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /af.toˈkra.tor/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /af.toˈkra.tor/
Noun
[edit]αὐτοκράτωρ • (autokrátōr) m (genitive αὐτοκράτορος); third declension, αὐτοκράτειρα f (autokráteira)
- absolute ruler; autocrat
- 4 Maccabees 8:28:
- ἦσαν γὰρ περίφρονες τῶν παθῶν καὶ αὐτοκράτορες τῶν ἀλγηδόνων
- êsan gàr períphrones tôn pathôn kaì autokrátores tôn algēdónōn
- for they were contemptuous of the emotions and sovereign over agonies
- 4 Maccabees 8:28:
- a title applied to such ruler; equivalent of Latin title imperator
- the Emperor of the Roman Empire
Inflection
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ αὐτοκράτωρ ho autokrátōr |
τὼ αὐτοκράτορε tṑ autokrátore |
οἱ αὐτοκράτορες hoi autokrátores | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ αὐτοκράτορος toû autokrátoros |
τοῖν αὐτοκρατόροιν toîn autokratóroin |
τῶν αὐτοκρατόρων tôn autokratórōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ αὐτοκράτορῐ tôi autokrátori |
τοῖν αὐτοκρατόροιν toîn autokratóroin |
τοῖς αὐτοκράτορσῐ / αὐτοκράτορσῐν toîs autokrátorsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν αὐτοκράτορᾰ tòn autokrátora |
τὼ αὐτοκράτορε tṑ autokrátore |
τοὺς αὐτοκράτορᾰς toùs autokrátoras | ||||||||||
Vocative | αὐτοκράτορ autokrátor |
αὐτοκράτορε autokrátore |
αὐτοκράτορες autokrátores | ||||||||||
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Descendants
[edit]- Greek: αυτοκράτορας (aftokrátoras)
- Latin: autocratōr
- English: autocrator
See also
[edit]- Autokrator on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
[edit]- “αὐτοκράτωρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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