πολιτεία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • πολιτηίη (Ionic)

Etymology

From πολιτεύω (politeuō, live as a citizen, have government)

Pronunciation

Noun

πολῑτείᾱ (genitive πολιτείας) f, first declension; (polīteiā)

  1. the relation in which a citizen stands to the state, the condition and rights of a citizen, citizenship
    1. the life of a citizen, one's daily life
      • Andocides, 21.7
    2. the body of citizens
  2. the life and business of a statesman, government, administration
  3. civil polity, the condition or constitution of a state
    • Antiphanes, 120.40
    1. a well-ordered republican government, a commonwealth
      • 4th century BC, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, 8.10,1
    2. a free community, republic

Inflection

References

  • LSJ 8th edition

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Greek

Noun

πολιτεία (politeía) f,   plural πολιτείες

  1. state
  2. body politic, polity
  3. government, republic
  4. city, place
    Η χαμένη πολιτεία του Μάτσου Πίτσου
    The lost city of Machu Picchu.
    Μια φορά κι ένα καιρό ήταν μια πολιτεία παράξενη, καμωμένη πάνω σε ένα δέντρο
    Once upon a time there was a strange city, built on a tree.

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Related terms

see: πόλη f (póli)
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