δυνάστης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δύναμαι (dúnamai, “be able”) +‎ -στης (-stēs, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /dy.nás.tɛːs/ → /ðyˈnas.tis/ → /ðiˈnas.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /dy.nás.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /dyˈnas.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ðyˈnas.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ðyˈnas.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ðiˈnas.tis/

Noun

δῠνᾰ́στης • (dunástēs) m (genitive δῠνᾰ́στου); first declension

1. Lord, ruler
   1. (Greek mythology) Epithet of Zeus
   2. (Greek mythology) Epithet of Poseidon
   3. A princeling, a petty ruler
2. Master
3. The chief men of a state or place

Declension

First declension of ὁ δῠνᾰ́στης; τοῦ δῠνᾰ́στου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ δῠνᾰ́στης ho dunástēs	τὼ δῠνᾰ́στᾱ tṑ dunástā	οἱ δῠνᾰ́σται hoi dunástai
Genitive	τοῦ δῠνᾰ́στου toû dunástou	τοῖν δῠνᾰ́σταιν toîn dunástain	τῶν δῠνᾰστῶν tôn dunastôn
Dative	τῷ δῠνᾰ́στῃ tôi dunástēi	τοῖν δῠνᾰ́σταιν toîn dunástain	τοῖς δῠνᾰ́σταις toîs dunástais
Accusative	τὸν δῠνᾰ́στην tòn dunástēn	τὼ δῠνᾰ́στᾱ tṑ dunástā	τοὺς δῠνᾰ́στᾱς toùs dunástās
Vocative	δῠνᾰ́στᾰ dunásta	δῠνᾰ́στᾱ dunástā	δῠνᾰ́σται dunástai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• δυναστεία (dunasteía, “lordship, dominion”)
• δυνάστειρα (dunásteira, “lady, mistress”)
• δυναστεύματες (dunasteúmates, “natural resources”)
• δυναστευτικός (dunasteutikós, “arbitrary”)
• δυναστεύω (dunasteúō, “to hold power”)
• δυναστικός (dunastikós, “of or pertaining to a lord, arbitrary”)
• δύναστις (dúnastis, “lady, mistress”)

Descendants

• Greek: δυνάστης (dynástis)
• → Latin: dynastēs
  • → English: dynast

Further reading

• “δυνάστης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δυνάστης (dunástēs).

Noun

δυνάστης • (dynástis) m (plural δυνάστες)

1. oppressing ruler, dynast

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	δυνάστης (dynástis)	δυνάστες (dynástes)
genitive	δυνάστη (dynásti)	δυναστών (dynastón)
accusative	δυνάστη (dynásti)	δυνάστες (dynástes)
vocative	δυνάστη (dynásti)	δυνάστες (dynástes)

Related terms

• δυναστεία f (dynasteía, “dynasty”)
• δυναστευτικός (dynasteftikós, “tyrannical”)
• δυναστεύω (dynastévo, “to tyrannize”)
• δυναστικός (dynastikós, “dynastic”)
• δυνάστρια (dynástria)
• καταδυναστεύω (katadynastévo, “to oppress”)