αὐταρχία

See also: αυταρχία, αυτάρκεια, αὐτάρκεια, and αὐταρκείᾳ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

αὔταρχος (aútarkhos, “autocratic, absolute; autarchic”) +‎ -ία (-ía), from αὐτ- (aut-, “self”) +‎ ἄρχω (árkhō, “to rule, govern”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /au̯.tar.kʰí.aː/ → /aɸ.tarˈçi.a/ → /af.tarˈçi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /au̯.tar.kʰí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aʍ.tarˈkʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aɸ.tarˈçi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /af.tarˈçi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /af.tarˈçi.a/

Noun

αὐτᾰρχῐ́ᾱ • (autarkhíā) f (genitive αὐτᾰρχίᾱς); first declension (Koine)

1. absolute power; autocracy, despotism
2. autarchy, self-government, self-rule, sovereignty

Inflection

First declension of ἡ αὐτᾰρχίᾱ; τῆς αὐτᾰρχίᾱς (Koine)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ αὐτᾰρχίᾱ hē autarkhíā	τὼ αὐτᾰρχίᾱ tṑ autarkhíā	αἱ αὐτᾰρχίαι hai autarkhíai
Genitive	τῆς αὐτᾰρχίᾱς tês autarkhíās	τοῖν αὐτᾰρχίαιν toîn autarkhíain	τῶν αὐτᾰρχιῶν tôn autarkhiôn
Dative	τῇ αὐτᾰρχίᾳ têi autarkhíāi	τοῖν αὐτᾰρχίαιν toîn autarkhíain	ταῖς αὐτᾰρχίαις taîs autarkhíais
Accusative	τὴν αὐτᾰρχίᾱν tḕn autarkhíān	τὼ αὐτᾰρχίᾱ tṑ autarkhíā	τᾱ̀ς αὐτᾰρχίᾱς tā̀s autarkhíās
Vocative	αὐτᾰρχίᾱ autarkhíā	αὐτᾰρχίᾱ autarkhíā	αὐτᾰρχίαι autarkhíai

Related terms

• αὐταρχέω (autarkhéō)
• αὐταρχή (autarkhḗ)
• αὔταρχος (aútarkhos)

 

Descendants

Descendants

• → Greek: αυταρχία (aftarchía) (learned)
• → Medieval Latin: autarchia
  • → English: autarchy, autarky

See also

• αὐτάρκεια (autárkeia, “self-sufficiency, independence, autarky”)

Further reading

• αὐταρχία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• αὐταρχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette