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

 

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
tēî 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.
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