θεατροκρατία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θέᾱτρον (théātron, “theater”) +‎ κρᾰ́τος (krátos, “strength”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.aː.tro.kra.tí.aː/ → /θe.a.tro.kraˈti.a/ → /θe.a.tro.kraˈti.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.aː.tro.kra.tí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.a.tro.kraˈti.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.a.tro.kraˈti.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.a.tro.kraˈti.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.a.tro.kraˈti.a/

Noun

θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ • (theātrokratíā) f (genitive θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. rule exercised by the spectators in a theater

Inflection

First declension of ἡ θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ; τῆς θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ hē theātrokratíā	τὼ θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ tṑ theātrokratíā	αἱ θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́αι hai theātrokratíai
Genitive	τῆς θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς tês theātrokratíās	τοῖν θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́αιν toîn theātrokratíain	τῶν θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐῶν tôn theātrokratiôn
Dative	τῇ θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾳ têi theātrokratíāi	τοῖν θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́αιν toîn theātrokratíain	ταῖς θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́αις taîs theātrokratíais
Accusative	τὴν θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱν tḕn theātrokratíān	τὼ θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ tṑ theātrokratíā	τᾱ̀ς θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱς tā̀s theātrokratíās
Vocative	θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ theātrokratíā	θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́ᾱ theātrokratíā	θεᾱτροκρᾰτῐ́αι theātrokratíai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• theatrocracy

References

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