σατραπεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σᾰτρᾰ́πης (satrápēs, “satrap”) +‎ -είᾱ (-eíā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sa.tra.pěː.aː/ → /sa.traˈpi.a/ → /sa.traˈpi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sa.tra.pěː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /sa.traˈpi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /sa.traˈpi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /sa.traˈpi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /sa.traˈpi.a/

Noun

σᾰτρᾰπείᾱ • (satrapeíā) f (genitive σᾰτρᾰπείᾱς); first declension

1. satrapy, office or province of a satrap

Declension

First declension of ἡ σᾰτρᾰπείᾱ; τῆς σᾰτρᾰπείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ σᾰτρᾰπείᾱ hē satrapeíā	τὼ σᾰτρᾰπείᾱ tṑ satrapeíā	αἱ σᾰτρᾰπεῖαι hai satrapeîai
Genitive	τῆς σᾰτρᾰπείᾱς tês satrapeíās	τοῖν σᾰτρᾰπείαιν toîn satrapeíain	τῶν σᾰτρᾰπειῶν tôn satrapeiôn
Dative	τῇ σᾰτρᾰπείᾳ têi satrapeíāi	τοῖν σᾰτρᾰπείαιν toîn satrapeíain	ταῖς σᾰτρᾰπείαις taîs satrapeíais
Accusative	τὴν σᾰτρᾰπείᾱν tḕn satrapeíān	τὼ σᾰτρᾰπείᾱ tṑ satrapeíā	τᾱ̀ς σᾰτρᾰπείᾱς tā̀s satrapeíās
Vocative	σᾰτρᾰπείᾱ satrapeíā	σᾰτρᾰπείᾱ satrapeíā	σᾰτρᾰπεῖαι satrapeîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: satrapīa
  • → English: satrapy
  • → Italian: satrapia

Further reading

• “σατραπεία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σατραπεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette