ἀναρχία
See also: αναρχία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἄναρχος (ánarkhos, “without leader”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, abstract noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.nar.kʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.narˈkʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.narˈçi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.narˈçi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.narˈçi.a/
Noun
ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ • (ănărkhĭ́ā) f (genitive ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱς); first declension
- lack of a leader
- lawlessness, anarchy
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ hē ănărkhĭ́ā |
τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ tṑ ănărkhĭ́ā |
αἱ ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́αι hai ănărkhĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱς tês ănărkhĭ́ās |
τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́αιν toîn ănărkhĭ́ain |
τῶν ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐῶν tôn ănărkhĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾳ tēî ănărkhĭ́āi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́αιν toîn ănărkhĭ́ain |
ταῖς ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́αις taîs ănărkhĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱν tḕn ănărkhĭ́ān |
τὼ ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ tṑ ănărkhĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s ănărkhĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ ănărkhĭ́ā |
ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́ᾱ ănărkhĭ́ā |
ᾰ̓νᾰρχῐ́αι ănărkhĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
Further reading
- “ἀναρχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀναρχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀναρχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀναρχία 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.
- anarchy idem, page 28.
- lawlessness idem, page 480.
- licence idem, page 488.
- licentiousness idem, page 489.
- misrule idem, page 535.
- profligacy idem, page 653.
- unruliness idem, page 930.