θαλασσοκρατία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θᾰ́λᾰσσᾰ (thắlăssă, “sea”) + -κρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (-krătĭ́ā, “rule”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰa.las.so.kra.tí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰa.las.so.kraˈti.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θa.las.so.kraˈti.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θa.las.so.kraˈti.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θa.la.so.kraˈti.a/
Noun
θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ • (thălăssokrătĭ́ā) f (genitive θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ hē thălăssokrătĭ́ā |
τὼ θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ tṑ thălăssokrătĭ́ā |
αἱ θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́αι hai thălăssokrătĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς tês thălăssokrătĭ́ās |
τοῖν θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́αιν toîn thălăssokrătĭ́ain |
τῶν θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐῶν tôn thălăssokrătĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾳ tēî thălăssokrătĭ́āi |
τοῖν θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́αιν toîn thălăssokrătĭ́ain |
ταῖς θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́αις taîs thălăssokrătĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱν tḕn thălăssokrătĭ́ān |
τὼ θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ tṑ thălăssokrătĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς tā̀s thălăssokrătĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ thălăssokrătĭ́ā |
θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ thălăssokrătĭ́ā |
θᾰλᾰσσοκρᾰτῐ́αι thălăssokrătĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → English: thalassocracy
- → French: thalassocratie
- → Italian: talassocrazia
- → Russian: талассокра́тия (talassokrátija)
Further reading
- “θαλασσοκρατία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- θαλασσοκρατία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette