πλουτοκρατία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πλοῦτος (ploûtos, “wealth”) +‎ -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā, “form of government”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pluː.to.kra.tí.aː/ → /plu.to.kraˈti.a/ → /plu.to.kraˈti.a/

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

Noun

πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ • (ploutokrătĭ́ā) f (genitive πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. An oligarchy of wealth
2. A plutocracy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ; τῆς πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ hē ploutokrătĭ́ā	τὼ πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ tṑ ploutokrătĭ́ā	αἱ πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́αι hai ploutokrătĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς tês ploutokrătĭ́ās	τοῖν πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́αιν toîn ploutokrătĭ́ain	τῶν πλουτοκρᾰτῐῶν tôn ploutokrătĭôn
Dative	τῇ πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾳ têi ploutokrătĭ́āi	τοῖν πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́αιν toîn ploutokrătĭ́ain	ταῖς πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́αις taîs ploutokrătĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱν tḕn ploutokrătĭ́ān	τὼ πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ tṑ ploutokrătĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ploutokrătĭ́ās
Vocative	πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ ploutokrătĭ́ā	πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ ploutokrătĭ́ā	πλουτοκρᾰτῐ́αι ploutokrătĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: plutocracy
• Greek: πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía)
• Russian: плутокра́тия f (plutokrátija)

References

• “πλουτοκρατία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πλουτοκρατία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía). Equivalent to πλούτος (ploútos, “wealth”) +‎ -κρατία (-kratía, “rule”).

Noun

πλουτοκρατία • (ploutokratía) f (uncountable)

1. plutocracy (rule by the wealthy)

Declension

Declension of πλουτοκρατία

	singular
nominative	πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía)
genitive	πλουτοκρατίας (ploutokratías)
accusative	πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía)
vocative	πλουτοκρατία (ploutokratía)

Further reading

• πλουτοκρατία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el