ἐπαρχία

See also: επαρχία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Originally referring to a district governed by an ἔπαρχος (éparkhos, “commander”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon”) +‎ ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.parˈçi.a/ → /e.parˈçi.a/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.parˈkʰi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.parˈçi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.parˈçi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.parˈçi.a/

Noun

ἐπαρχίᾱ • (eparkhíā) f (genitive ἐπαρχίᾱς); second declension (Koine)

1. eparchy, province, the provincial government of an administrative district
2. provincial government territorial jurisdictions specifically of the Greek-speaking eastern Roman Empire and Byzantine Empire, equivalent to Latin prōvincia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ; τῆς ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ hē eparkhíā	τὼ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ tṑ eparkhíā	αἱ ἐπαρχῐ́αι hai eparkhíai
Genitive	τῆς ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱς tês eparkhíās	τοῖν ἐπαρχῐ́αιν toîn eparkhíain	τῶν ἐπαρχῐῶν tôn eparkhiôn
Dative	τῇ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾳ têi eparkhíāi	τοῖν ἐπαρχῐ́αιν toîn eparkhíain	ταῖς ἐπαρχῐ́αις taîs eparkhíais
Accusative	τὴν ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱν tḕn eparkhíān	τὼ ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ tṑ eparkhíā	τᾱ̀ς ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s eparkhíās
Vocative	ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ eparkhíā	ἐπαρχῐ́ᾱ eparkhíā	ἐπαρχῐ́αι eparkhíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.