μοναρχία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

μουναρχία (mounarkhía) — Ionic

Etymology

Derived from μόναρχος (mónarkhos, “monarch”) +‎ -ία (-ía, noun-forming suffix).
By surface analysis, μόνος (mónos, “sole, only”) +‎ -αρχία (-arkhía, “rule, government”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mo.nar.kʰí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mo.narˈkʰi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mo.narˈçi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mo.narˈçi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mo.narˈçi.a/

Noun

μονᾰρχῐ́ᾱ • (monărkhĭ́ā) f (genitive μονᾰρχῐ́ᾱς); first declension

(politics) monarchy

Inflection

First declension of ἡ μονᾰρχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς μονᾰρχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μονᾰρχῐ́ᾱ hē monărkhĭ́ā	τὼ μονᾰρχῐ́ᾱ tṑ monărkhĭ́ā	αἱ μονᾰρχῐ́αι hai monărkhĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς μονᾰρχῐ́ᾱς tês monărkhĭ́ās	τοῖν μονᾰρχῐ́αιν toîn monărkhĭ́ain	τῶν μονᾰρχῐῶν tôn monărkhĭôn
Dative	τῇ μονᾰρχῐ́ᾳ tēî monărkhĭ́āi	τοῖν μονᾰρχῐ́αιν toîn monărkhĭ́ain	ταῖς μονᾰρχῐ́αις taîs monărkhĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν μονᾰρχῐ́ᾱν tḕn monărkhĭ́ān	τὼ μονᾰρχῐ́ᾱ tṑ monărkhĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς μονᾰρχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s monărkhĭ́ās
Vocative	μονᾰρχῐ́ᾱ monărkhĭ́ā	μονᾰρχῐ́ᾱ monărkhĭ́ā	μονᾰρχῐ́αι monărkhĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

μοναρχέω (monarkhéō)
μόναρχος (mónarkhos)/μονάρχης (monárkhēs)
μοναρχικός (monarkhikós)

Descendants

Late Latin: monarchia (see there for further descendants)

References

“μοναρχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“μοναρχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
μοναρχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- autocracy idem, page 54.
- kingship idem, page 470.
- lordship idem, page 500.
- monarchy idem, page 539.
- rule idem, page 725.
- sovereignty idem, page 797.

Greek

Noun

μοναρχία • (monarchía) f (plural μοναρχίες)

monarchy
συνταγματική μοναρχία ― syntagmatikí monarchía ― constitutional monarchy

Declension

Declension of **μοναρχία**
	singular	plural
nominative	μοναρχία (monarchía)	μοναρχίες (monarchíes)
genitive	μοναρχίας (monarchías)	μοναρχιών (monarchión)
accusative	μοναρχία (monarchía)	μοναρχίες (monarchíes)
vocative	μοναρχία (monarchía)	μοναρχίες (monarchíes)

Synonyms

βασιλεία f (vasileía)

Related terms

αντιμοναρχική f (antimonarchikí, “antimonarchist”)
αντιμοναρχικός m (antimonarchikós, “antimonarchist”)
αντιμοναρχικός (antimonarchikós, “antimonarchist”, adjective)
μονάρχης m (monárchis, “monarch”)
συνταγματική μοναρχία f (syntagmatikí monarchía, “constitutional monarchy”)

Descendants

→ Aromanian: munarhii