δυναστεία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From δῠνᾰ́στης (dŭnắstēs, “ruler, petty ruler”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dy.nas.těː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /dy.nasˈti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ðy.nasˈti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ðy.nasˈti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ði.nasˈti.a/
Noun
δῠνᾰστείᾱ • (dŭnăsteíā) f (genitive δῠνᾰστείᾱς); first declension
- Dominion, lordship, political power.
- The exercise of political power.
- A close oligarchy.
- A show of power, a mighty deed.
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ δῠνᾰστείᾱ hē dŭnăsteíā |
τὼ δῠνᾰστείᾱ tṑ dŭnăsteíā |
αἱ δῠνᾰστεῖαι hai dŭnăsteîai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς δῠνᾰστείᾱς tês dŭnăsteíās |
τοῖν δῠνᾰστείαιν toîn dŭnăsteíain |
τῶν δῠνᾰστειῶν tôn dŭnăsteiôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ δῠνᾰστείᾳ tēî dŭnăsteíāi |
τοῖν δῠνᾰστείαιν toîn dŭnăsteíain |
ταῖς δῠνᾰστείαις taîs dŭnăsteíais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν δῠνᾰστείᾱν tḕn dŭnăsteíān |
τὼ δῠνᾰστείᾱ tṑ dŭnăsteíā |
τᾱ̀ς δῠνᾰστείᾱς tā̀s dŭnăsteíās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | δῠνᾰστείᾱ dŭnăsteíā |
δῠνᾰστείᾱ dŭnăsteíā |
δῠνᾰστεῖαι dŭnăsteîai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Late Latin: dynastīa
- → Catalan: dinastia
- → Czech: dynastie
- → Dalmatian: dynastia
- → Danish: dynasti
- → Finnish: dynastia
- → German: Dynastie
- → Hungarian: dinasztia
- → Italian: dinastia
- → Middle French: dynastie
- → Norwegian: dynasti
- → Occitan: dinastia
- → Polish: dynastia
- → Portuguese: dinastia
- → Sicilian: dinastìa
- → Spanish: dinastía
- → Swedish: dynasti
References
- “δυναστεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “δυναστεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- δυναστεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- δυναστεία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- authority idem, page 53.
- domination idem, page 247.
- lordship idem, page 500.
- oligarchy idem, page 572.
- power idem, page 630.
- rule idem, page 725.
- sovereignty idem, page 797.
- supremacy idem, page 842.
Greek
Noun
δυναστεία • (dynasteía) f (plural δυναστείες)
- dynasty
- Το 1925, η δυναστεία των Παχλαβί ανήλθαν στην εξουσία στη Περσία ― To 1925, i dynasteía ton Pachlaví anílthan stin exousía sti Persía ― In 1925, the Pahlavi dynasty came to power in Persia.
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | δυναστεία (dynasteía) | δυναστείες (dynasteíes) |
| genitive | δυναστείας (dynasteías) | δυναστειών (dynasteión) |
| accusative | δυναστεία (dynasteía) | δυναστείες (dynasteíes) |
| vocative | δυναστεία (dynasteía) | δυναστείες (dynasteíes) |
Synonyms
- οίκος m (oíkos) (house, especially in Europe)