ἐπαρχία

See also: επαρχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Originally referring to a district governed by an ἔπαρχος (éparkhos, “commander”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon”) +‎ ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.parˈçi.a/ → /e.parˈçi.a/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.parˈkʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.parˈçi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.parˈçi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.parˈçi.a/

Noun

ἐπαρχίᾱ • (eparkhíā) f (genitive ἐπαρχίᾱς); second declension (Koine)

1. eparchy, province, the provincial government of an administrative district
2. provincial government territorial jurisdictions specifically of the Greek-speaking eastern Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire, equivalent to Latin prōvincia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ hē eparkhĭ́ā	τὼ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ tṑ eparkhĭ́ā	αἱ ἐπαρχῐ́αι hai eparkhĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱς tês eparkhĭ́ās	τοῖν ἐπαρχῐ́αιν toîn eparkhĭ́ain	τῶν ἐπαρχῐῶν tôn eparkhĭôn
Dative	τῇ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾳ têi eparkhĭ́āi	τοῖν ἐπαρχῐ́αιν toîn eparkhĭ́ain	ταῖς ἐπαρχῐ́αις taîs eparkhĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱν tḕn eparkhĭ́ān	τὼ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ tṑ eparkhĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s eparkhĭ́ās
Vocative	ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ eparkhĭ́ā	ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ eparkhĭ́ā	ἐπαρχῐ́αι eparkhĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.