σατραπεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σᾰτρᾰ́πης (sătrắpēs, “satrap”) +‎ -είᾱ (-eíā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sa.tra.pěː.aː/ → /sa.traˈpi.a/ → /sa.traˈpi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.tra.pěː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sa.traˈpi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sa.traˈpi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sa.traˈpi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sa.traˈpi.a/

Noun

σᾰτρᾰπείᾱ • (sătrăpeíā) f (genitive σᾰτρᾰπείᾱς); first declension

1. satrapy, office or province of a satrap

Declension

First declension of ἡ σᾰτρᾰπείᾱ; τῆς σᾰτρᾰπείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σᾰτρᾰπείᾱ hē sătrăpeíā	τὼ σᾰτρᾰπείᾱ tṑ sătrăpeíā	αἱ σᾰτρᾰπεῖαι hai sătrăpeîai
Genitive	τῆς σᾰτρᾰπείᾱς tês sătrăpeíās	τοῖν σᾰτρᾰπείαιν toîn sătrăpeíain	τῶν σᾰτρᾰπειῶν tôn sătrăpeiôn
Dative	τῇ σᾰτρᾰπείᾳ têi sătrăpeíāi	τοῖν σᾰτρᾰπείαιν toîn sătrăpeíain	ταῖς σᾰτρᾰπείαις taîs sătrăpeíais
Accusative	τὴν σᾰτρᾰπείᾱν tḕn sătrăpeíān	τὼ σᾰτρᾰπείᾱ tṑ sătrăpeíā	τᾱ̀ς σᾰτρᾰπείᾱς tā̀s sătrăpeíās
Vocative	σᾰτρᾰπείᾱ sătrăpeíā	σᾰτρᾰπείᾱ sătrăpeíā	σᾰτρᾰπεῖαι sătrăpeîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: satrapīa
  • → English: satrapy
  • → Italian: satrapia

Further reading

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