θεατροκρατία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θέᾱτρον (théātron, “theater”) +‎ κρᾰ́τος (krắtos, “strength”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.aː.tro.kra.tí.aː/ → /θe.a.tro.kraˈti.a/ → /θe.a.tro.kraˈti.a/

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

Noun

θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ • (theātrokrătĭ́ā) f (genitive θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. rule exercised by the spectators in a theater

Inflection

First declension of ἡ θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ; τῆς θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ hē theātrokrătĭ́ā	τὼ θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ tṑ theātrokrătĭ́ā	αἱ θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́αι hai theātrokrătĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς tês theātrokrătĭ́ās	τοῖν θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́αιν toîn theātrokrătĭ́ain	τῶν θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐῶν tôn theātrokrătĭôn
Dative	τῇ θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾳ têi theātrokrătĭ́āi	τοῖν θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́αιν toîn theātrokrătĭ́ain	ταῖς θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́αις taîs theātrokrătĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱν tḕn theātrokrătĭ́ān	τὼ θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ tṑ theātrokrătĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς tā̀s theātrokrătĭ́ās
Vocative	θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ theātrokrătĭ́ā	θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ theātrokrătĭ́ā	θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́αι theātrokrătĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• theatrocracy

References

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