διοικητής

Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From δῐοικέω (dioikéō, to manage, administer) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, masculine agentive suffix).

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Noun

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δῐοικητής (dioikētḗsm (genitive δῐοικητοῦ); first declension

  1. administrator, governor, treasurer
  2. (in Egypt) chief financial official
  3. (astrology) controller, of the seven planets

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: διοικητής (dioikitís)

Further reading

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek διοικητής (dioikētḗs).[1] By surface analysis, διοικώ (dioikó) +‎ -τής (-tís).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ði.i.kiˈtis/
  • Hyphenation: δι‧οι‧κη‧τής

Noun

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διοικητής (dioikitísm (plural διοικητές, feminine διοικήτρια)

  1. chief administrator, governor (person in charge of administration)
    διοικητής της κεντρικής τράπεζαςdioikitís tis kentrikís trápezasgovernor of the central bank
  2. (military) commander

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ διοικητής, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language