ἀριστοκράτης
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editᾰ̓́ρῐστος (áristos) + κρᾰ́τος (krátos) + -ης (-ēs)
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.ris.to.krá.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /a.ris.toˈkra.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /a.ris.toˈkra.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /a.ris.toˈkra.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /a.ris.toˈkra.tis/
Noun
editᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰ́της • (aristokrátēs) m (genitive ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰ́του); first declension
- aristocrat
- circa AD 110, Aspasius, in Ethica Nicomachea commentaria 182.6–9:[1]
- Καθ’ ἑκάστην δὲ τῶν πολιτειῶν. τρία εἴδη πολιτείας εἰπὼν καθ’ ἕκαστόν φησι φιλίαν εἶναι ἐφ’ ὅσον καὶ τὸ δίκαιον. εἰ γὰρ μεῖξον τὸ δίκαιον τὸ τοῦ βασιλέως πρὸς τοὺς ὑπ’ αὐτόν, παρὰ τῶν ἀριστοκρατῶν καὶ τιμοκρατῶν πρὸς τοὺς ὑπὸ χεῖρα, καὶ ἡ φιλία καλλίων.
- Kath’ hekástēn dè tôn politeiôn. tría eídē politeías eipṑn kath’ hékastón phēsi philían eînai eph’ hóson kaì tò díkaion. ei gàr meîxon tò díkaion tò toû basiléōs pròs toùs hup’ autón, parà tôn aristokratôn kaì timokratôn pròs toùs hupò kheîra, kaì hē philía kallíōn.
- 2001 translation by David Konstan
- ‘In each of the governments’: mentioning three kinds of government, he says that there is love in each ‘in the amount in which there is also what is just’. For if there is more of what is just on the part of a king in regard to those beneath him, and on the part of aristocrats and ‘timocrats’ in regard to those under their control, the love too will be better.
- Καθ’ ἑκάστην δὲ τῶν πολιτειῶν. τρία εἴδη πολιτείας εἰπὼν καθ’ ἕκαστόν φησι φιλίαν εἶναι ἐφ’ ὅσον καὶ τὸ δίκαιον. εἰ γὰρ μεῖξον τὸ δίκαιον τὸ τοῦ βασιλέως πρὸς τοὺς ὑπ’ αὐτόν, παρὰ τῶν ἀριστοκρατῶν καὶ τιμοκρατῶν πρὸς τοὺς ὑπὸ χεῖρα, καὶ ἡ φιλία καλλίων.
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰ́της ho aristokrátēs |
τὼ ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰ́τᾱ tṑ aristokrátā |
οἱ ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰ́ται hoi aristokrátai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰ́του toû aristokrátou |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰ́ταιν toîn aristokrátain |
τῶν ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰτῶν tôn aristokratôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰ́τῃ tôi aristokrátēi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰ́ταιν toîn aristokrátain |
τοῖς ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰ́ταις toîs aristokrátais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰ́την tòn aristokrátēn |
τὼ ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰ́τᾱ tṑ aristokrátā |
τοὺς ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰ́τᾱς toùs aristokrátās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰ́τᾰ aristokráta |
ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰ́τᾱ aristokrátā |
ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰ́ται aristokrátai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
edit- ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰτέομαι (aristokratéomai)
- Ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰ́της (Aristokrátēs)
- ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ (aristokratíā)
- ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰτῐκός (aristokratikós)
- ᾰ̓ρῐστοκρᾰτῐκῶς (aristokratikôs)
Descendants
edit- Greek: αριστοκράτης (aristokrátis)
Further reading
edit- “ἀριστοκράτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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