θαλασσοκρατία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ (thắlăssă, “sea”) +‎ -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā, “rule”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰa.las.so.kra.tí.aː/ → /θa.las.so.kraˈti.a/ → /θa.la.so.kraˈti.a/

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

Noun

θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ • (thălăssokrătĭ́ā) f (genitive θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. empire of the sea

Inflection

First declension of ἡ θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ; τῆς θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ hē thălăssokrătĭ́ā	τὼ θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ tṑ thălăssokrătĭ́ā	αἱ θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́αι hai thălăssokrătĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς tês thălăssokrătĭ́ās	τοῖν θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́αιν toîn thălăssokrătĭ́ain	τῶν θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐῶν tôn thălăssokrătĭôn
Dative	τῇ θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾳ têi thălăssokrătĭ́āi	τοῖν θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́αιν toîn thălăssokrătĭ́ain	ταῖς θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́αις taîs thălăssokrătĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱν tḕn thălăssokrătĭ́ān	τὼ θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ tṑ thălăssokrătĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς tā̀s thălăssokrătĭ́ās
Vocative	θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ thălăssokrătĭ́ā	θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ thălăssokrătĭ́ā	θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́αι thălăssokrătĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: thalassocracy
• → French: thalassocratie
• → Italian: talassocrazia
• → Russian: талассокра́тия (talassokrátija)

Further reading

• “θαλασσοκρατία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θαλασσοκρατία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette